S. R. A.-P. Q. C. A. No. Ill Issued September, 1932 
United States Department of Agriculture 
PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
APRIL-JUNE, 1932 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Quarantine and other official announcements 27 
Announcement relating to avocado-fruit and nursery-stock order.. 27 
Avocado fruit and nursery stock from Mexico and the countries of Central America brought 
under quarantines 56 and 37 by revocation of the avocado-fruit order and its concurrent 
regulations- - 27 
Notice of lifting of the avocado-fruit order and its concurrent regulations 28 
Announcement relating to citrus-canker quarantine (No. 19) 29- 
Modification of quarantine on account of the citrus canker and other citrus diseases 29< 
Announcement relating to European corn-borer quarantine (No. 43) 29 
Instructions to postmasters 29 
Announcement relating to gipsy-moth quarantine (No. 45) 30 
Nursery stock certification under gipsy-moth quarantine (P. Q. C. A.— 334) 39 
Announcements relating to Japanese-beetle quarantine (No. 48).. 30: 
Supplement No. 6 to instructions to inspectors on the disinfection of nursery products for 
the Japanese and Asiatic beetles (P. Q. C. A.— 333) 30 
United States to maintain Japanese-beetle quarantine.. 33 
Announcement relating to narcissus-bulb quarantine (No. 62) 34 
Modification of narcissus-bulb quarantine regulations (amendment No. 1) 34 
Notice to general public through newspapers 36 
Announcement relating to nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine (No. 37) 37 
Modification of nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine regulations (amendment No. 1).. 37 
Announcement relating to pink-bollworm quarantine (No. 52) 39 
Modification of pink-bollworm quarantine regulations (amendment No. 4) 39 
Notice to general public through newspapers 42 
Announcement relating to stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits from the Orient quarantine 
(No. 44) 42 
Stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits from the Orient brought under quarantine 37 by 
revocation of quarantine 44. 42 
Notice of lifting of quarantine No. 44 42 
Terminal inspection of plants and plant products 43 
Plants and plant products addressed to places in California 43 
Certificate of inspection not required for sweetpotato plants 43 
Miscellaneous items 43 
Legal data with reference to agricultural quarantine litigation in the courts of the United 
States (P. Q. C. A.— 335).. 43 
Pink bollworm of cotton found in south Florida. 48- 
Penalties imposed for violations of the plant quarantine act 49 
Organization of the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration 50 
QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO THE AVOCADO-FRUIT AND 
NURSERY-STOCK ORDER 
AVOCADO FRUIT AND NURSERY STOCK FROM MEXICO AND THE COUNTRIES OF 
CENTRAL AMERICA BROUGHT UNDER QUARANTINES 56 AND 37 BY REVOCATION: 
OF THE AVOCADO-FRUIT ORDER AND ITS CONCURRENT REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
The Order covering admission of the avocado or alligator pear under re- 
striction, issued February 27, 1914, effective March 15, 1914, was designed to 
prevent introduction into the United States of the avocado weevil by means of 
avocado fruit from Mexico and the countries of Central America. 
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