S. R. A.— B. E. P. Q. No. 132 
Issued December 1937 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
JULY-SEPTEMBER 1937 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 208 
Announcements relating to black stem rust quarantine (No. 38) _ 208 
Black stem rust quarantine revised 208 
Revision of black stem rust quarantine and regulations 208 
Notice to general public through newspapers 211 
Classification of barberry and mahonia plants under black stem rust quarantine regulations 
(B. E. P. Q. 385, 2d rev.) 212 
Announcements relating to fruit and vegetable quarantine (No. 56) 213 
Restrictions affecting the importation and interstate movement of frozen-pack fruits (B. E. 
P. Q. 462) - 213 
Sterilization of imported Vinifera grapes by refrigeration (B. E. P. Q. 463) 213 
Importation of Vinifera grapes and certain other deciduous fruits subject to in-transit sterili- 
zation authorized (B. E. P. Q. 464). 214 
Announcement relating to gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine (No. 45) 216 
List of articles exempt from certification requirements under the gypsy moth and brown-tail 
moth quarantine (B. E. P. Q. 386, 4th rev.) 216 
Announcements relating to Japanese beetle quarantine (No. 48) 217 
Japanese beetle control ends for season on fruit and vegetable shipments 217 
Termination date on fruit and vegetable rc-itrictions under Japanese beetle quarantine 
advanced to September 22 for the year 1937 217 
Announcement relating to pink bolhvorm quarantine (Xo. 52) 218 
Administrative instructions -approval of alternati\ e treatments for cottonseed as a condi- 
tion for interstate movement from areas lightly infested with the pink bollworm (B. E. P. Q. 
459) 218 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 218 
Oregon State plant quarantines 218 
Miscellaneous items 1 222 
Present status of the circulars of this (B. E. P. Q.) series (B. E. P. Q. 461) 222 
Plant -quarantine import restrictions, New Zealand (P. Q. C. A. 306, supplement No. 4) 230 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Presidency of Dominica, British West Indies (B. E. 
P. Q. 399, supplement No. 1) 231 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Dominican Republic (B. E. P. Q. 396, supplement 
No. Ij - 231 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Repubhc of France (B. E. P. Q. 403, supplement No. 1). 231 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Germany (B. E. P. Q. 405, supplement 
No. 3) 233 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Colony of Gambia (B. E. P. Q. 424, revised) 237 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Colony of Saint Vincent, British West Indies (B. E. 
P. Q. 431, supplement No. 1) 239 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (B. E. P. Q. 447, supplement 
No. 1) 239 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Turkey (B E. P. Q. 451) 240 
P.'ant-quarantine import restrictions, Tanganyika Territory (B. E. P. Q, 452 and supple- 
ment No. 1).-. 242 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Surinam (Netherlands Guiana) (B. E. P. Q. 453) 244 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions. Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (including the 
Cameroons under British mandate) (B. E. P. Q. 454) 245 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Bermuda (B. E. P. Q. 455)... 247 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Xyasaland Protectorate (B. E. P. Q. 456) - 249 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of China (B. E. P. Q. 457) 250 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Federated Malay States (British) (B. E. P. Q. 458) 252 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act - 253 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 25G 
201 
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