20 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
lions in Qoninfested Btate& As many as 200 adults were swept from a Bingle 
truck. Another truck contained 222 beetles. Quantities ranging from 75 to 186 
beetles were removed from eight other i rucks. Forty-eight lots of Infested plant 
material wen- Intercepted at the posts, and 145 Japanese beetle grabs were 
removed from soil accompanying these plants. Counts of all moter vehicles 
Stopped for inspection at the road stations during the year totaled 
Uncertified quarantined products were found in 20,'.<74 vehicles. 
Major interceptions reported by the road Inspectors and continued by Iden- 
tification ef specimens at field headquarters included 4<> live adults removed 
from a truekload ol onions and cabbage en route from Philadelphia. Pa., to 
Dannemora, N. Y : 17 grubs found in two rose bushes in the possession of a 
motorist proceeding from Wilmington, Del., to New Bern, N. < '. : and 25 larvae 
found in 20 bags of soil and the soil halls around the roots of 20 Cedar 
en route via truck from Toms River, N. J., to Daytona, Fla. 
CERTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF NURSERY STOCK 
Field inspections during the summer of 1935 showed pronounced incn 
in the extent and intensity of infestation in sections with continuous, heavy 
beetle populations. This was particularly apparent in the metropolitan urea of 
New York City. On I>»njr Island and counties north of Manhattan, infestations 
were found for the first time in or near 4<> classified nurseries and greenhouses. 
Foliage damage from beetle feeding was noticeable on Governors Island in 
New York Harbor. Scouting in northern New Jersey disclosed infestations in 
most of the classified establishments that previously had been free from the 
pest. Definite Increases were noted in the known infestations in a few south- 
central Pennsylvania counties. Millions of beetles again Hew oceanward from 
the New Jersey area and were washed in with the tides to form windrows 
along the New Jersey and Long Island hcaches. 
Many new infestations were found during 1985 in nursery and greenhouse 
premises in Lancaster. York. Berks, and Dauphin Counties. Pa., and in Mary- 
Land, Virginia, and northern New Jersey. In New England beetles were found 
on the premises of nine nurseries in Connecticut and on four classified estab- 
lishments in Massachusetts. One classified nursery in New Hampshire was 
found infested. The last of the nursery and greenhouse BCOUtS were diSB 
on September 14. 
Supplemental Instructions issued August 23, 1985, authorised for the first 
Lime the fumigation of certain varieties of azaleas that theretofore had to be 
grown under beetle-proof conditions in order to ho eligible for certification. 
The fumigation is accomplished by removing the azaleas from the pots, or bur- 
Lap from field-grown stock, and plunging the moist plant halls in soil mixed 
with paradichlorobenzene at rates of i () to :2<» pounds per cubic yard, dependent 
upon the size of the soil hall or potted plant to he fumigated. A fumigation 
period of r> days is prescribed. This treatment is authorized between October] 
and May l. 
Fall shipments Of nursery stock began in September. Inspection demands 
during the fall Shipping season were about normal. Additional temporary 
inspectors were required to handle the work from the first of November until 
the ground froze, in many instances nurserj stock moved in carload i«>ts in 
contrast t<> the small shipments of the past few years. 
Prolonged cold weather in the entire area lasting through February pre- 
vented stock being dug '<> lill early orders. Volume shipments did not 
until late in March. With the arrival of typical spring weather toward the 
latter part of March. nurserymen were forced to speed their shipments to the 
limit. Seasonal trade among the nurseries and greenhouses was exceptionally 
g i at Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day. and Memorial Day. Numerous short- 
ages of stock were reported. 
\ decided improvement in the nursery trade over the last few years was 
reflected in increased spring inspection demands which had to he met with the 
usual number of inspectors. Calls for inspection were received from shippers 
th.ii bad been more or less inactive during the iast few years. Several new 
establishments applied for a classified status. Movements of nursery sioek 
were largely completed by Memorial Day. Nurserymen were almost unanimous 
in reporting larger sales of stock than in the spring of pi:::.. 
By the eu.i of May over 1,000 samples had been collected from 86.1 acres of 
nursery plots, heellng-in areas, and frames treated with lead arsenate. Results 
of analyses were soon available from the research laboratory, and applications 
