1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
51 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO MEXICAN FRUITFLY QUARANTINE 
(NO. 64) 
TEXAS GRAPEFRUIT HARVEST EXTENDED THROUGH MAY 31 
(Press notice) 
April 4, 1941. 
Because of heavy rains which have greatly hindered the harvesting of grape- 
fruit, regulations of the Mexican fruitfly quarantine have been modified to extend 
the harvesting season to the close of May in the Texas counties of Brooks, Cam- 
eron, Hidalgo, and Willacy — provided conditions of infestation do not necessitate 
an earlier closing — Dr. Lee A. Strong, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, announced today (circular B. E. P. Q. 512 revised). 
The harvesting season normally closes, under the regulations, on April 30 
except that in the counties of Dimmit, La Salle, and Webb, it closes on the last 
day of February, and no extension of the season was granted to these latter 
counties. 
The season for harvesting Valencia oranges in the counties of Brooks, Cam- 
eron, Hidalgo, and Willacy was, last December, extended from April 30 to the 
close of May for the year 1941. Under the present order, no sterilization of the 
fruit is required. However, should conditions of infestation develop which would 
warrant the sterilization of citrus fruit shipped from the four counties, such 
action will be taken, Dr. Strong states. 
The extension of the harvesting season for these fruits was announced after 
consultation with the Texas State Department of Agriculture. 
B. E. P. Q. 512, revised. April 2, 1941. 
TITLE 7— AGRICULTURE 
Chapter III — Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
Part 301— Domesiic Quarantine Notice> 
mexican fruitfly regulations modified 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
Circular B. E. P. Q. 512, dated December 30, 1940, extended the harvesting 
season for Valencia oranges from April 30 to the close of May, for the year 1941, 
for the Texas counties of Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy, provided con- 
ditions of infestation did not necessitate an earlier closing. This revision of 
the above circular extends the season on grapefruit also to May 31, 1941, for 
the above-named counties under the same provision as to conditions of infestation. 
§ 301.04-5c Administrative instructions modifying the restrictions of the Mexi- 
can fruitfly quarantine by extending the harvesting season on Valencia oranges 
and grapefruit from April 30 to May 31, 19J f l — Pursuant to tbe authority conferred 
upon the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine by the third 
proviso of §301.04, Chapter III, Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations [Notice of 
Quarantine No. 64], it having been determined by me that a modificat ion may be 
safely made without increasing the risk of spread of the Mexican fruitfly, 
§301.64-5 (a) rsubsection (a) of regulation 5 supplemental to tliis quarantine] 
is hereby modified to extend the harvesting season for Valencia oranges and 
grapefruit for the Texas Counties of Brooks, Willacy, Cameron, and Hidalgo to 
the close of May 31 for the year 1941, provided conditions of infestation do not 
necessitate an earlier closing date. 
The host-free period for Valencia oranges and grapefruit, under this modifica- 
tion, will begin June 1 and continue through August 31, 1941, inclusive, in the 
above-named counties. 
In the counties of Dimmit. La Salle, ami Webb, tfae grapefruH harvesting 
season closed on February 28. 1941. under the regulations. ;hu1 the orange bar- 
