22 PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION [Jan.-Mar. 
peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, grapes, cherries, and melons, if accompanied 
by a certificate issued by any agricultural authority of the government, affirm- 
ing that they have been inspected and are free from pests and diseases injurious 
to agriculture and that they are free from leaves and parts of plants. This 
quarantine is intended to prevent the introduction of the weevils Rhigopsidius 
tucumanus, Dichomeris tangolia, the potato root mite, Rhizoglyphus echinopus, 
and the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella. (Decree No. 1541, Sept. 
27, 1926, revoking and replacing Decree No. 1751, December 11, 1924.) 
Coffee, beans, peas, and chick peas in the dry state 
May be imported into Cuba from any country between parallels 40 d latitude 
N. and 40° latitude S. if quite free from pods, hulls, and fragments of leaves 
and stems. (Decree No. 1145, August 2, 1927, modifying Decree No. 1260, 
September 20, 1924.) 
Cereals, nuts, dried fruits, onions, and garlic 
Maize, wheat, oats, rice, with and without hulls, and other similar cereals 
in the dry state, free from plant fragments ; walnuts, filberts, peanuts, pecans, 
chestnuts, dry fruits, such as figs, dates, raisins, prunes, peaches, and pears; 
also onions and garlic in strings, cases, or other types of containers: 
May be imported from the same countries. Any of these products which may 
at any time involve danger to agriculture shall be subjected to a special 
inspection. (Decree No. 1145, August 2, 1927, modifying Decree No. 1260, 
September 20, 1924, imposed on account of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis 
capitata.) 
Fruits from Texas 
Mangoes, achras sapote (including all fruits of the Sapotaceae), peaches, 
pears, guavas, apples, plums, quinces, Spanish plums (Spondias purpurea), 
apricot, all citrus fruits except lemons and orange-limes (naranjas limas), 
from the State of Texas: 
Entry into Cuba prohibited on account of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha 
ludens. (Decree No. 1555, October 19, 1927.) 
Restrictions on maize 
Shelled maize, maize in the ear, plants or parts thereof from Japan, the 
Philippines, India, Australia, and the neighboring countries, on account of 
mildews and physoderma diseases ; entry into Cuba prohibited. 
Corn (maize) in the ear, plants or parts thereof, from Europe, Asia, Africa, 
Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the United States, on 
account of the European corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis; entry into Cuba pro- 
hibited. (Decree No. 1557, October 19, 1927.) 
Broomcorn 
Plants of broomcorn, parts thereof, or as raw material for the manufacture 
of brooms, as well as brooms already made of this material : 
To prevent the introduction of the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilalis), 
entry into Cuba is prohibited unless completely disinfected at the ports of 
embarkation or at New York, and accompanied by a certificate to that effect 
issued by any agricultural authority and visaed by the Cuban consul. This 
quarantine to be effective until the necessary equipment for the fumigation 
of plants and plant products has been installed at customs ports in Cuba. 
(Decree No. 1558. October 19. 1927.) 
" Certificates of disinfection issued by the Bush Terminal Co., of New York, 
under the supervision of the Federal Department of Agriculture, may be 
accepted by the Cuban customs in place of the certificate prescribed by Decree 
No. 1558. The said certificate must state that the brooms or plant material 
are free from the insect known as the ' European corn borer ' and will be 
legalized by this consulate general. To this effect the signatures and seals of 
the persons authorized to sign said certificate should be previously registered 
in this office through your department. 
