1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7 
SUMMARY 
Unless a certificate or permit has been issued, these regulations as now revised 
prohibit the interstate shipment of green corn on the cob, beans in the pod, 
bananas in entire bunches or in clusters of 25 or more, apples, peaches, black- 
berries, blueberries, huckleberries, or raspberries from any part of the regulated 
areas, and also prohibit (unless a certificate or permit has been issued) the 
interstate movement of all fruits and vegetables by refrigerator car or motor 
truck from the District of Columbia, the State of Delaware, and parts of the 
States of Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Refrigerator cars 
used for loading fruits and vegetables, other than onions and potatoes, in such 
area must, prior to loading, be cleaned by the common carrier and kept tightly 
(dosed and sealed during the interval between cleaning and loading. Onions 
and potatoes must be fumigated in the car when such action is deemed neces- 
sary by the inspector, and doors and hatches of the cars must be closed or 
screened. For other details and exceptions see regulation 5. 
The regulations also prohibit the interstate shipment of plants, sand, soil, 
earth, peat, compost, and manure from any part of the regulated areas to or 
through any outside point throughout the year unless a Federal permit or cer- 
tificate has been secured. Portions of plants and cut flowers are restricted 
interstate movement only between June 15 and October 15, inclusive. For 
details and exceptions see regulations 6 and 7. 
The regulated areas include the District of Columbia, the entire States of 
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, and 
parts of the States of Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsyl- 
vania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. The boundaries are shown in 
regulation 3. 
These regulations also place certain restrictions to protect restricted articles 
from infestation while in transit, require thorough cleaning of vehicles and 
containers which have been used in transporting restricted products, and 
provide other safeguards and conditions as provided in regulations 8 to 13, 
inclusive. 
To secure permits and certificates, address the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, Glenwood Avenue and Henry Street, Bloomfield, N. J. or the 
nearest branch office listed in the appendix. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 48 (ELEVENTH REVISION) 
(Approved Mar. 7, 1936; effective Mar. 16, 1936) 
I, R. G. Tugwell, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, have determined that it 
is necessary to quarantine the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Mary- 
land, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the District of 
Columbia, to prevent the spread of the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica 
Newm.), a dangerous insect new to and not heretofore widely prevalent or 
distributed within and throughout the United States. 
Now, therefore, under authority conferred by section 8 of the Plant Quaran- 
tine Act of August 20, 1012 (37 Stat. 315), as amended by the act of Congress 
approved March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), and having duly given the 
public hearing required thereby, I do quarantine the said States of Con- 
necticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West 
Virginia, and the District of Columbia, effective on and after March 16, 1936. 
Hereafter, under the authority of said act of August 20, 1912, amended as 
aforesaid (1) fruits and vegetables; (2) nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse 
stock, and other plants; and (3) sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure 
shall not be shipped, offered for shipment to a common carrier, received for 
transportation or transported by a common carrier, or carried, transported, 
moved, or allowed to be moved from any of said quarantined States or District 
into or through any other State or Territory or District of the United States 
in manner or method or under conditions other than those prescribed in the 
rules and regulations hereinafter made and amendments thereto: Provided, 
