1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Cut flowers and vegetable*. — During the period June 1 to December 31, the 
importation into Canada of cut flowers and entire plants of chrysanthemum, 
aster, cosmos, zinnia, hollyhock, gladiolus, and dahlia, and celery, green beans 
in the pod, beets with tops, and rhubarb, is prohibited from the States of Con- 
necticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, unless 
accompanied by a certificate of inspection issued by a Federal or State inspector, 
declaring the shipment to be free from European corn borer. (Regulation 
No. 10 (Foreign) 7th Revision.) 
Elm logs, elm wood, elm burls. — The importation into Canada of all species 
and varieties of the genera Minus and Zelkova-, including elm logs and elm burls 
of any description, from all countries, is prohibited on account of the Dutch elm 
disease {Ceratostomella id mi (Schwarz) Buisman). (Regulation No. 17 (For- 
eign) 1st Revision.) 
Forest products — logs, tan bark, cord wood, post*, poles, railway ties, lumber. — 
Importation into Canada from the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, is prohibited, unless accompanied 
by a certificate issued by an officer of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, declaring the shipment free from brown-tail or gypsy moth, or both. 
(Regulation No. 5 ( Foreign) 1st Revision.) 
Hawaiian fruits and plants. — The importation into Canada of all noncanned 
fruits and plants from Hawaii is prohibited, except ginger root, taro, and the 
fruits of pineapple, banana, and coconut, which may be imported provided they 
have been inspected by an officer of the United States Department of Agriculture 
and have been certified to be free from infestation by the Mediterranean fruitfly 
(Ceratitis capitata Wied.). (Regulation No. 4 (Foreign) 3d Revision.) 
Living insects {except honeybees) , pests, bacteria, and fungus diseases destruc- 
tive to vegetation. — Importation into Canada is prohibited from all countries 
unless a permit has been procured from the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 
( Regulation No. 21 ( Foreign ) . ) 
Nursery stock from broion-taU ami gypsy moth infested area. — The importation 
into Canada of nursery stock, including all plants for the purpose of propaga- 
tion, except conifers, etc., and seeds and seed potatoes, is prohibited from Maine, 
New Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, un- 
less accompanied by a certificate issued by an officer of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, showing that the stock has been inspected and found free 
from brown-tail or gypsy moth, or both. (Regulation No. 5 (Foreign) 1st 
Revision.) 
Peach and nectarine stock. — The importation of peach and nectarine stock 
(trees and roots), and any tree or shrub grafted or budded on such stock, is 
prohibited from the United States, unless each importation is accompanied by a 
certificate issued and signed by an authorized Federal or State official, stating 
that the stock comes from a nursery on which the phony peach disease does 
not occur nor within 1 mile of its boundaries ; and that each piece of stock has 
been examined by an authorized inspector and found free from the pencil tree 
borer (Aegeria c.siiiosa Say). (Regulation No. 14 (Foreign) 5th Revision.) 
Peaches — fresh, peach seeds, and peach Wursery slock. — The importation of 
fresh peaches, peach nursery stock, and peach seeds or pits into British Columbia 
is prohibited from the States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and 
Texas, and all States east thereof on account of the Oriental fruit moth (Gn:/jh- 
oliiha mnlesta Busck) and the peach yellows. A certificate of origin, signed by 
the consignor, must accompany these products into British Columbia from 
States west of, but not including, the five above-mentioned Stales. | Regulation 
No. 14 (Foreign) 5th Revision.) 
Pines, 5-leaved. — The importation into Canada of all five-leaved species of the 
genus Pinus and their horticultural varieties is prohibited from all countries 
on account of the white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola J. C. Fischer). 
(Regulation No. 6 (Foreign) 2nd Revision.) 
Potatoes. — The importation of potatoes into Canada is prohibited from Europe 
Azores, Canary Islands. Newfoundland. St. Pierre, asnd Miquolon. 
Importation from California is prohibited unless shipments are accompanied 
by a certificate of fumigation issued by the California Department of Agriculture. 
The following fumigation methods have been authorised: 
Seventy-five minutes in not less than a 20-minUte u.-reurial vacuum, with a 
dosage of not less than 28 pounds of carbon bisulphide and carbon dioxide in 
combination, per 1,006 cubic feet of space. (Regulation No. 'A (Foreign) 4th 
Revision.) 
