AMERICAN FRUITS 



within the term "nursery stock" as used in 

 the plant quarantine act, or the prohibition 

 of the importation of nursery stock and 

 other plants and plant products from any 

 foreign country, or the prohibition of re- 

 striction of the shipment of nursery stock 

 and other plants and plant products from 

 one State, Territory, or District of the 

 United States to another State, Territory, 

 or District, he will give a public hearing to 

 interested parties, who may appear either 

 in person or by attorney and give evidence 

 or be heard respecting the subject of the 

 hearing. Due notice of the hearing will be 

 given by publication or otherwise, as may 

 be deemed appropriate. Notices will con- 

 tain a statement of the action which is con- 

 templated and the time and place of the 

 hearing. 



The above rules and regulations are here- 

 by adopted and shall be effective on and 

 after July, 1913. 



INFORMATION FOR IMPORTER 

 OR BROKER 



Regulation 3, 4 and 5 drawn under the 

 Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, re- 

 late to the application for permit to im- 

 port nursery stock from countries which 

 maintain nursery stock inspection in accord- 

 ance with the requirements of this act. 

 (See Circular No. 44, Office of the Secretary 

 Department of Agriculture.) 



Applications may be made by telegraph, 

 in which case the information called for 

 in this form must be given. 



The port of entry is the port where the 

 goods are cleared from customs and the 

 duty paid, and is therefore not necesariiy 

 the port of arrival. 



Special permit for the entry of nursery 

 stock from countries which do not main- 

 tain official nursery stock inspection as 

 above may be obtained on application to the 

 Federal Horticultural Board. 



Nursery stock is defined in Section 6 of 

 the Plant Quarantine Act as follows: 



For the purpose of this Act the term *'nur- 



