BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
103 
IMPORTATIONS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Tables 36 and 37 show by countries of origin and ports of entry, respectively, 
the kinds and quantities of fruits and vegetables imported into the continental 
United States and into Hawaii and Puerto Rico during the fiscal year under 
permit and subject to inspection at the port of first arrival under the provisions 
of Quarantine No. 56, as well as importations of mandarin oranges under Quar- 
antine No. 2S and potatoes under the regulations governing the importation of 
potatoes into the United States. The total of these importations is 52,972,203 
bunches of bananas, 932.538 crates of pineapples, and 246.120,255 pounds of all 
other commodities listed. On the basis of weight this year's importations show 
a slight increase over those of the preceding year. In addition, 1.182 emergency 
permits were issued for the entry as passengers' baggage of small lots of fruits 
and vegetables of the kinds previously approved for entry at the ports involved. 
Table 36. 
-Fruits and vegetables imported, by countries of origin, fiscal year 
1936 
[Imported under Quarantine No. 56 unless otherwise designated] 
Kind 
Country and quantity 
Total 
Apple 
Apricot 
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Argentina, 4,077; Chile, 390; Denmark, 100 
Chile, 14,102 
4,567 
14,102 
Japan, 1,625 
1,625 
Arrowhead 
China, 153,997; Japan, 25 
154, 022 
Artichoke, Jerusalem 
Mexico, 5 
Asparagus 
Argentina, 73,366; Mexico, 34 
73,400 
Avocado.. 
Balsamapple. 
Cuba. 9.532,261; Mexico (seeds removed), 49,804... 
Cuba. 16.887; Mexico, 2,319 
9, 582. 065 
19,206 
Banana 
Bean (?reen): 
Faba 
British Honduras. 441,974; Colombia, 3,885,027; 
Costa Rica. 3,449.882; Cuba, 4,603,814; Domini- 
can Republic, 7.786; Ecuador, 1,356,455; Guate- 
mala, 6,455.280; Haiti, 534,225; Honduras, 9,688,- 
024: Jamaica. 441,421; Mexico. 13,338,814; Nicara- 
gua, 2.245,473; Panama, 6,524,024; Virgin Is- 
lands, 3; Venezuela, 1. 
Mexico, 116 
52, 972, 203 
116 
Lima 
Cuba, 6,571, 506; Mexico, 28,311 . 
6, 599. 817 
String 
Cuba, 490; Mexico, 1,119,346 
1, 119, 836 
Beet 
Mexico, 185,564 
185, 564 
Berry: 
Rubm . 
Mexico, 8; Norwav, 2,054 
2,062 
Vaccinium — 
Frozen 
Natural 
Breadfruit... 
Eneland, 364; Newfoundland, 3.155,005 
Estonia, 290,966; Newfoundland, 1,226,330; Nor- 
way, 110: Sweden, 340. 
Cuba, 1,216 
3, 155, 369 
1, 517, 746 
1,216 
Brussels sprouts. 
Mexico, 9; Netherlands, 216.. 
225 
Cabbage 
Cacao bean pod.. 
Cuba, 383; Dominican Republic, 322; Mexico, 
27,31 8. 
Costa Rica, 176; Trinidad, 135 
28,073 
311 
Carrot 
Mexico. 540.12.3_ 
540,123 
Cassava 
Cuba, 190,066; Dominican Republic, 50—. 
190, 116 
Cauliflower ... 
Mexico, 2,516 
2,516 
Celerv.. .. 
Bermuda, 3,560; Cuba, 29: Mexico, 108 
3,697 
Chayote 
Cuba, 19,243; Mexico, 2,643 
21,886 
Cherry: 
Dried, sour 
Yugoslavia, 45,172..- . 
45, 172 
Fresh 
Argentina, 440; Chile, 5,999 
6,439 
Chinese cabbage 
Cuba, 48,757; Mexico, 980 
49, 737 
Cipollino 
Citrus medico..- 
Clover top... 
' ;i; Morocco, 1,831,300 
Albania, 1,625; Italy, 1,620; Palestine, 14,589 
Mexico, 668 . 
1,831.741 
17,834 
668 
Coriander 
Mexico, 299 
299 
Crescendo, alata 
Mexico, 3.. . 
3 
Crosnes 
Belgium, 220... 
220 
Cucumber 
. 2, .502,760; Mexico, 17,564.. 
2, 520, 324 
Dasheen (includes colocash 
malanga, taro, and yautia), 
Eggplant 
Endive 
Azores, 25-8,745; China. 331,978; Cuba, 128,477; Do- 
minican Republic, 767,973; Honduras, 25; Japan, 
86,510; Mexico, 116. 
Cuba, 8,333,149; Jamaica, 1,472; Mexico, 311,986 
Belgium, 1,266,486; Netherlands, 25,665 
1,67 
8,641 
1,292, 151 
Euphorbia longana 
Cuba, 226 
Garlic 
Canary Islands, 2,976; Chile, 2.150,461; China, 
5.550; Cuba, 15; Japan, 910; Mexico, 2,813,498; 
New Zealand, 10,080; Spain, 1,902,392. 
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