S. R. A.— B. E P. Q. 129 Issued March 1937 
United States Department of Agriculture 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1936 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements - 152 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruit fly quarantine (no. 5) (foreign) 152 
Changes in Federal fruit and vegetable quarantines __ 152 
Notice of lifting of Mexican fruit fly quarantine (foreign) 152 
Instructions to collectors of customs (T. D. 48728) 153 
Announcements relatirjg to nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine (no. 37) 153 
Call meetings on bulb pest 153 
Notice of conference to consider the desirability of requiring the treatment of all known hosts 
of the bulb nematode enterable under quarantine no. 37 153 
Announcements relating to satin moth quarantine (no. 53) 154 
Satin moth quarantine revoked 154 
Notice of lifting of satin moth quarantine. 154 
Instructions to postmasters — 155 
Announcements relating to pink bollworm quarantine (no. 52) 155 
Florida released from pink bollworm quarantine 155 
Revision of quarantine and regulations 155 
Notice to general public through newspapers 163 
Instructions to postmasters 163 
Pink bollworm quarantine regulations revised 163 
Modification of pink bollworm quarantine regulations (amendment no. 1) 163 
Notice to general public through newspapers 165 
Instructions to postmasters 165 
Announcements relating to fruit and vegetable quarantine (no. 50) 166 
Sterilization of imported vinifera grapes by refrigeration (B. E. P. Q. 417) .__ 166 
Fruit and vegetable quarantine no. 56, with revised regulations 166 
Announcements relating to Thurberia weevil quarantine (no. 61) 171 
Areas in Pinal County, Ariz., released under the Thurberia weevil quarantine 171 
Modification of Thurberia weevil quarantine regulations 171 
Notice to general public through newspapers 172 
Announcements relating to Mexican fruit worm quarantine (no. 64) 173 
Texas citrus harvest extended to March 30, 1937 173 
Administrative instructions— authorizing extension of harvesting season for Texas citrus 
fruit (B. E. P. Q. 415) 173 
Mexican fruit worm quarantine regulations modified 173 
Modification of Mexican fruit worm quarantine regulations 174 
Notice to general public through newspapers 175 
Announcements relating to Dutch elm disease quarantine (no. 71) (domestic) 175 
Dutch elm disease quarantine includes new areas 175 
Modification of Dutch elm disease quarantine regulations.. _ 176 
Notice to general public through newspapers 177 
Instructions to postmasters... 177 
Announcements relating to regulations governing the entry of potatoes into the United States 177 
Amends potato regulations to protect Hawaiian growers 177 
Amendment of regulations governing the entry of potatoes into the United States (amend- 
ment no. 3) 178 
Instructions to collectors of customs (T. D. 48693) 179 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products -_ 179 
Amendment of law pertaining to terminal inspection of plants and plant products 179 
Instructions to postmasters 180 
Miscellaneous items ■_ 181 
Notice of public hearing to consider the advisability of establishing a domestic plant quaran- 
tine for the purpose of requiring the treatment of narcissus bulbs and other known hosts of 
the bulb nematode as a prerequisite to interstate shipment 181 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Germany (B. E. P. Q. 405, supplement 
no. 1) 181 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, United Kingdom of Great Britain (B. E. P. Q. 416, 
superseding P. Q. C. A. 327) 182 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago (B. E. P. Q. 
418) 193 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Presidency of the Virgin Islands, British West Indies 
(B. E. P. Q. 419) 196 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Republic of Finland (B. E. P. Q. 420) 198 
Plant-quarantine import restrictions, Kingdom of Bulgaria (B. E. P. Q. 421) 202 
Penalties imposed for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act- 205 
Organization of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 207 
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