1936] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 99 
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- 
ginia, and the District of Columbia, that effective September 15, 1936, the fol- 
lowing articles, the interstate movement of which is not considered to consti- 
tute a risk of Japanese beetle dissemination, are exempted from the restrictions 
of the regulations of this quarantine: 
[Then follows the list of articles appearing on p. 98 of this number of the S. R. A.] 
C. E. ElLENBEEGER, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS REMOVED FOR SEASON ON 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS 
[Press notice] 
September 25, 1936. 
Restrictions on the movement of fruits and vegetables under the Japanese 
beetle quarantine regulations have been removed for the season by order of the 
Secretary of Agriculture. Restrictions on cut flowers, however, remain until 
October 15. Under the quarantine regulations, certificates showing freedom 
from Japanese beetle are required until October 15 on interstate shipments of 
certain kinds of fruits and vegetables from the entire regulated area and on 
interstate shipments of fruits and vegetables of any kind via refrigerator car 
or motortruck from certain sections of the regulated area. The present order 
releases the fruits and vegetables from that requirement several weeks earlier 
than is provided in the regulations themselves. 
Inspection of fruits and vegetables is necessary only during the period when 
adult beetles are in active flight. There is no risk that such products will carry 
the Japanese beetle after this active period, which is now apparently over 
throughout the regulated area. During the last few days the Department's 
inspectors have found no beetles in fruits and vegetables. 
There is still danger, however, that the adult beetles may be transported in 
cut flowers. In cool fall evenings the beetles have a tendency to crawl down 
into the flowers for protection. Therefore, the restrictions on the interstate 
movement of cut flowers and other parts of plants will remain in full force 
and effect until October 15. 
Restrictions on the movement of nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse stock 
and all other plants (except cut flowers and portions of plants without roots 
and free from soil) are in force throughout the year and are not affected by 
this amendment. 
NOTICE OF REMOVAL OF JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS ON 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
It has been determined that the active period of the Japanese beetle in its 
relation to fruits and vegetables has already ceased for the present season and 
that it is, therefore, safe to permit the unrestricted movement of the fruits and 
vegetables listed in regulation 5 of the rules and regulations (fourteenth revi- 
sion) supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 48 from the regulated area as 
defined in regulation 3 of said rules and regulations. It is therefore ordered 
that all restrictions on the interstate movement of the articles referred to above 
are hereby removed on and after September 22, 1936. This order advances the 
termination date of the restrictions as to fruits and vegetables provided for in 
regulation 5 from October 16 to September 22, 1936, and applies to this season 
only. 
Done at the city of Washington this 22d day of September 1936. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. 
Tseal] W. R. Gregg, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
[Copies of above order were sent to all common carriers doing business in or through 
the regulated area.] 
