Dkcdubbb '60, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



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ONE YEAR OF QUARANTINE 



TEDERAL BOABD'S BEFOBT. 



For First Year Under Quarantine 37. 



The annual report of the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board, submitted by Chairman 

 C. L. Marlatt to Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture Meredith, is of especial interest 

 this year because of the summary it 

 gives of the first year's operation of 

 Quarantine 37 and the result upon this 

 country's horticultural imports. Ee- 

 garding this subject the report says: 



"Quarantine 37, which applies new 

 and important prohibitions and restric- 

 tions on the entry into the United States 

 of nursery stock, plants and seeds, be- 

 came effective June 1, 1919. The fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1920, therefore, 

 represents the first year's record of the 

 enforcement of this quarantine. Under 

 this quarantine three classes of entry 

 are provided for: 



"1. Entry of fruits, vegetables, ce- 

 reals and other plant products which 

 are capable of propagation, intended for 

 medicinal, food or manufacturing pur- 

 poses, and field, vegetable and flower 

 seeds. These classes are permitted en- 

 try without permit or other restrictions 

 and therefore no record has been kept 

 by the board of such importations. 



"2. Nursery stock and other plants 

 and seeds for which permit is required, 

 but of which unlimited commercial im- 

 portation is permitted. This class is 

 restricted to five categories, chiefly cer- 

 tain bulbs, fruit stocks and rose stocks 

 and seeds of trees and ornamental 

 shrubs for propagation. 



"3. Entry of any of the prohibited 

 classes of nursery stock under special 

 permits for the purpose of keeping the 

 country supplied with new varieties and 

 necessary propagating stock; in other 

 words, for the establishment of repro- 

 "luction enterprises in this country so 

 that as soon as possible this country 

 shall be independent of all foreign sup- 

 jilies of that character. 



Imports of Stock Allowed Entry. 



"The three tables on this page re- 

 I'ord the importations of nursery stock 

 and other plants and seeds of which un- 

 limited commercial importation under 

 regulation 3 is provided for in the quar- 

 antine under permit. The records of 

 importations given in these tables are 

 based on the notice of arrival visaed by 

 the customs officers as is required un- 

 'ler the quarantine, and therefore rep- 

 resent probably as accurate information 

 '•f the plants thus imported as is obtain- 

 able. 



"The first table gives a record of the 

 importations of fruit stocks and rose 

 -•tocks, together with country of origin. 

 It is interesting to note that the impor- 

 tation of fruit stocks this year represents 

 a total of 7,856,620 plants and compares 

 therefore favorably with the total im- 

 portations recorded in the annual re- 

 port for the previous fiscal year and 

 would seem to dispose of the contention 

 frequently made that the unavailability 

 of foreign fruit stocks during the last 

 fiscal year was due in any part to the 



refusal of the foreign growers to sell 

 to American importers in retaliation for 

 Quarantine 37. It is, however, a well 

 known fact that during the last two 

 years, owing to postwar conditions and 

 failure of the fruit crop in France, the 

 stock of seeds for the productien of 

 seedlings was very low, and whatever 

 shortage has arisen has been due to these 

 two causes. The number of rose stocks 

 imported this year is about the same 

 as for last year. 



' ' The second table indicates the num- 

 ber of bulbs imported under regulation 

 3 of Quarantine 37. 



"The third table is interesting as 

 showing the general classes of tree 

 seeds and ornamental shrubs imported 

 during the last fiscal year and also the 

 countries of origin. 



Imports on Permit. 



"As already noted, provision is made 

 in Quarantine 37 for the entry under 

 special permit of limited quantities of 

 otherwise prohibited nursery stock and 

 other plants for the purpose of keeping 

 the country supplied with new varieties 

 and necessary propagating stock. The 

 question of availability of plant mate- 

 rial for which special permits are re- 

 quested is passed upon by a committee 

 of specialists of the bureau of plant 

 industry. The issuance of such permits 

 is then based on the recommendations 

 of this committee. 



"Three hundred and eleven special 

 permits were issued during the period 



from June 1, 1919, the date on which 

 Quarantine 37 became effective, to June 

 30, 1920, a period of thirteen months. 

 These permits included a wide range of 

 plant materials and are each issued for 

 a specific importation of plants. The 

 importations authorized have already 

 been made in the case of approximately 

 174 of these permits. The other permits 

 have been canceled for a number of 

 reasons, as a general rule because of the 

 inability of the grower tp secure the de- 

 sired stock or because of transportation 

 difficulties abroad and other similar 

 hindrances. 



"The material thus imported was 

 found as a whole fairly free from 

 dangerous insects or fungous diseases. 

 It was, however, necessary to destroy 

 several shipments because of the pres- 

 ence of injurious insects which could 

 not have been eliminated by any known 

 treatment. In spite of the fact that 

 emphasis has been made at all times on 

 the necessity of bringing in plant ma- 

 terial free of sand, soil or earth about 

 the roots, twelve shipments were found 

 the roots of which in whole or in part 

 were embedded in soil. These shipments 

 were returned to country of origin or 

 destroyed. 



"A large number of special permits 

 have been issued also for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1921. The record of 

 these permits is not included in the 

 table on page 20, which gives the 

 classes of plants actually imported up 

 to June 30, 1920, and the country of 



Country 

 of origin. Apple. 



England 



France 1,825,000 



Holland 103,000 



Ireland 



Italy 



Japan 



Scotland 



Total 1,928,000 



FRUIT A^^) ROSE STOCKS. 



[Figures Indicate number of plants.] 



Fruit stocks. — — 



Persim- Uncliissi- 



Hose 



stocks. 



1,041.700 



1,C0C,525 



601,411 



115.000 



150.000 



707,800 2,868,720 759,300 1,108,400 24,200 460,200 3,514,636 



.Country 

 of origin 



Azores . . . 



Bermuda . 



China 



England . . 



France . . . 



Germany . 



Holland . . 



Japan .... 



BULBS. 

 [Figures Indicate number of bulbs.] 



Lily. 

 14.000 

 115,189 



Valley. Narcissus. Hyacinth. 



Tulip. 



Crocus. 



931,487 



"128,929 

 13,349,331 



800 



3,974,885 

 5,989,162 



603,900 

 6R9.,'?56 



26,487,101 

 1. 50, 050 



28,076,321 

 46,190 



7,000 

 i6,'388,"494 



12,500 

 2,278,125 



47,081,559 3,977,892 



Total. 14,538.936 9,9(M,847 56,032,918 16,375,494 49,972,184 3,977 



^ SEEDS, 



[Figures Indicate pounds unless otherwise designated.] 



Unclassl- 

 fle<l. 



336,790 

 1,653,790 



Country Conifer- 



of origin. ous tree. 



Argentina 



Australia 



Austria 1,030 



Brazil 



Canada 6 



Penmiirk 95 



England 



France 11 



Germany 1,770 



Holland 



Italy 



Japan 269% 



New South Wales 



Norway ' 50 



Trinidad 



Decidu- 

 ous tree. 



19% 

 350 



13}» 



Fruit 

 tree. 



800 

 "2.V 



Palm. 

 150 

 .35,600 



34,383 

 300 



Total 3,230% 



389 A 



noo 



434 V4 



36,842% 



7,438 



400 

 100 



3,000 

 '"'566 



Shrubs. 



7 

 2i3 



Peren- 

 nials. 



Unclassi- 

 fied. 



47,188 



229 



•1% 



42% 



44J! 



425 

 ' '.388 



"ii 



"656 

 1,474 



• Ounces. 



First Year's Imports of Stock Permitted Entry under Quarantine 37. 



