20 PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION [Jan.-Mar. 
Oranges, fruits, or plant products attacked by diseases or parasites; 
Oranges and other fruits packed in bulk, or contaminated with straw, leaves, 
or fragments thereof, or other material which might introduce citrus canker, 
melanose, or the citrus white fly. (Decree No. 799, May 26, 1923, modifying 
Decree No. 1222, June 25, 1921.) 
Cotton plants, parts thereof, bolls, seeds, or unmanufactured lint from Mexico, 
Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, and the other islands of the West Indies. (De- 
cree No. 120, January 18, 1922.) 
Potatoes from Newfoundland, islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, Great 
Britain (including England, Scotland, and Wales), the Netherlands, Belgium, 
Denmark, Norway, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Mexico, on account of 
the potato wart. (Decree No. 1850, November 12, 1923, modifying Decree 
No. 736, May 18, 1923.) 
Potatoes from Chile, as well as the other plant products enumerated in 
Decree No. 1260, on account of potato weevils and mites. (Decree No. 1541, 
September 27, 1926, revoking Decree No. 1751, December 11, 1924.) 
Mangoes, achras sapotes (including all fruits of the Sapotaceae), peaches, 
pears, guavas, apples, plums, quinces, Spanish plums (Spondias purpurea), 
apricot, and all citrus fruits except lemons and orange-limes (naranjas limas) 
from the State of Texas. (Decree No. 1555, October 19, 1927.) 
Shelled corn (Zea mays), corn in the ear, plants or parts thereof, from Japan, 
Philippines, India, Australia, and neighboring countries on account of mildews 
and physoderma diseases. (Decree No. 1557, October 19, 1927.) 
Fruits, vegetables, seeds, living plants or parts thereof, from Puerto Rico, 
Jamaica, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, South America, Hawaii, Australia, 
Philippines, Spain, France, Italy, and the other countries of the Mediterranean, 
as well as all countries between the parallels of latitude 40° N. and 40° S., 
with the provisional exception of potatoes from the Canary Islands. (Decree 
No. 1551, September 17, 1928.) 
Importation restricted 
Oranges or other fruits must be wrapped in paper and suitably packed in 
cases or crates made for that purpose. (Decrees No. 1222, June 25, 1921, and 
No. 799, May 26, 1923.) 
Potatoes from Canada. Bermuda, the Canary Islands, and the United States 
must be accompanied by an inspection certificate issued by competent official 
agrh-ultural authority and visaed by the Cuban counsul. (Decrees No. 736, 
May 18, 1923. and No. 1850, November 12, 1923.) 
Broomcorn, plants or parts thereof, or as raw material for the manufacture 
of brooms, as well as brooms already made of this material, must be thoroughly 
disinfected at the ports of embarkation or at New York and provided with a 
certificate to that effect issued by an agricultural official and visaed by the 
Cuban consul. (Decree No. 1558, October 19, 1927.) 
Cheesecloth, used, for covering tobacco plantings, must be thoroughly dis- 
infected in the country of origin and provided with a corresponding certificate, 
as a precaution against the Japanese beetle. (Decree No. 1752, October 22, 
1928.) 
Lily bulbs from Bermuda must be free from sand, soil, straw, or leaves 
and accompanied by an inspection certificate and a consular invoice; such 
bulbs, however, may be packed in clean coral sand. (Resolutions of January 
21, 1929, and July 25, 1930.) 
Sour lemons 3 are subject to inspection and must be accompanied by a con- 
sular invoice and a certificate issued by competent authority attesting freedom 
from the Mediterranean fruit fly. (Resolution, January 10, 1930.) 
Zacaton roots (Epicampes macroura) for the manufacture of brushes, from 
Mexico or any other country, must be quite clean and sulphured and shall 
be inspected as a condition of entry. (Resolution, April 8. 1930.) 
Fresh fruits in ships' -tores and refrigerators shall be sealed while the ves- 
sels remain in Cuban ports. This applies to vessels from Jamaica, Bermuda, 
Mexico, Central and South America, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Australia, Philip- 
pines, Spain, France, and Italy (Resolution, November 19, 1930.) 
8 This refers to the green and somewhat immature lemons as they are commonly picked 
for export. 
