34 FUMIGATION OF APPLES FOE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



CANADA. 



Prohibits (San Jose scale act, March 18, 1898) importations of nursery stock from 

 the United States, Australia, Japan, and Hawaii. Stock so imported to be destroyed. 

 Importer liable to penalty prescribed in section 6, customs tariff ($200 for each offense). 

 There are exempted (1) greenhouse plants, including roses grown under glass; (2) 

 herbaceous perennials; (3) herbaceous bedding plants; (4) all conifers; (5) bulbs 

 and tubers. 



Amended (Council order January 5, 1901) to permit entry of nursery stock, if fumi- 

 gated, at the following customs ports, between the dates given; Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

 and St. John, New Brunswick, from March 15 to May 15 in spring, and in autumn 

 from October 7 to December 7; St. Johns, Quebec, Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Wind- 

 sor, Ontario, from March 15 to May 15 in spring, and in autumn from September 26 

 to December 7; Vancouver, British Columbia, from October 1 to May 1 of the fol- 

 lowing year. All shipments made at risk of consignees. Dakota cottonwood admitted 

 at Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, without fumigation. 



While the act provides for the restriction of importation of fruits infested with the 

 San Jose scale, this provision is not enforced, as danger from this source is considered 

 negligible. 



CHILE. 



There are no special restrictions affecting the importation of living plants, fresh 

 fruits, etc. 



CHINA. 



Living plants, fresh fruits, etc., may under ordinary conditions be imported with- 

 out special restrictions. Strict regulations covering these articles with the establish- 

 ment of quarantine may be issued from time to time at various ports. These regula- 

 tions apply to localities infested with cholera, and exceptions are provided for under 

 certificate from medical officers. The following is an extract from the Shanghai quar- 

 antine regulations of 1906. 



Shanghai Quarantine Regulation, 1906. 

 a. from ports declared infected. 



Fresh fruit. — If accompanied by a certificate or bill of health from the medical officer 

 of the port showing that no cholera is present in the district, apples, bananas, citrons, 

 grapes, lemons, liches, loquats, mangosteens, mangoes, olives, oranges, peaches, 

 pears, pineapples, pomegranates, pumeloes, and sugar cane, if in sound condition and 

 cleanly packed as cargo. (Apricots, cherries, figs, melons, plums, raspberries, straw- 

 berries, tomatoes, and thin-skinned fruit are prohibited.) 



Vegetables. — Tubers, roots, bulbs, and bamboo shoots, if cleanly packed as cargo. 

 (Celery, lettuce, endive, and other leaf vegetables are prohibited.) 



Plants of any kind to which earth or vegetable mold adheres. Importation not 

 permitted. 



B. FROM PORTS FROM WHICH THE DECLARATION OF INFECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED. 



Earth and mold.—li adherent to plants or bulbs in small quantities and cleanly 

 packed, importation permitted when accompanied by certificate from the medical 

 officer of the port that the earth and mold are from a plague-free district. 



COLOMBIA. 



There are no special restrictions affecting the importation of living plants, fresh fruits, 

 etc. 



