98 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 56 GOV- 
ERNING THE IMPORTATION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES INTO THE UNITED 
STATES 
Regulation 1. Definitions 
(a) Fresh fruits and vegetables. — The edible, more or less succulent, portions of 
food plants in the raw or unprocessed state, such as bananas, oranges, grape- 
fruit, pineapples, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, etc. 
(b) Plants or portions of plants. — Leaves, twigs, or other portions of plants, or 
plant litter or rubbish as distinguished from clean fruits and vegetables, or other 
commercial articles. 
(c) Port of first arrival. — The first port within the United States where the 
shipment is (1) offered for consumption entry or (2) offered for entry for immediate 
transportation in bond. 
(d) Inspector. — An inspector of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
Regulation 2. Restrictions on Entry of Fruits and Vegetables 
All importations of fruits and vegetables must be free from plants or portions 
of plants, as defined in regulation 1 (b). 
Dried, cured, or processed fruits and vegetables, including dried products, 
cured figs, dates, and raisins, etc., nuts and dry beans, peas, etc., may be imported 
without permit or other compliance with these regulations: Provided, That any 
such articles may be made subject to entry only under permit and on compliance 
with the safeguards to be prescribed therein when it shall be determined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture that the condition of drying, curing, or processing to 
which they have been subjected may not entirely eliminate risk. Such determina- 
tion with respect to any such articles shall become effective after due notice. 
Except as restricted, as to certain countries and districts ! by special quaran- 
tines and other orders now in force and by such restrictive orders as may hereafter 
be promulgated, the following fruits may be imported from all countries under 
permit and on compliance with these regulations: Bananas, pineapples, lemons, 
and sour limes. Grapes of the European or vinifera type and any vegetable, 
except as restricted by special quarantine as indicated above, may be imported 
from any country under permit and on compliance with these regulations, at such 
ports as shall be authorized in the permits, on presentation of evidence satisfac- 
tory to the United States Department of Agriculture that such grapes and 
vegetables are not attacked in the country of origin by injurious insects, including 
fruit and melon flies (Trypetidae) , or that their importation from definite areas 
or districts under approved safeguards prescribed in the permits can be author- 
ized without risk. 
The following additions and exceptions are authorized for the countries con- 
cerned to the fruits and vegetables listed in the preceding paragraph: Provided, 
That as to such additions and exceptions, the issuance of permits may be con- 
ditioned on presentation of evidence satisfactory to the United States Department 
of Agriculture that such fruits and vegetables are not attacked in the country of 
origin by injurious insects, including fruit flies and melon flies; or that their 
importation from definite areas or districts under approved safeguards prescribed 
in the permits can be authorized without risk. 
Commonwealth of Australia. — States of Victoria, South Australia, and Tas- 
mania. — Upon compliance with these regulations and under such additional 
conditions and safeguards as may be prescribed in the permits, all fruits and 
vegetables from the States of Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania will be 
permitted entry at Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg., and at such other ports 
as may be specified in the permits. 
Japan. — Upon compliance with the regulations under Quarantine No. 28, 
oranges of the mandarin class, including satsuma and tangerine varieties, may be 
imported from Japan through the port of Seattle and such other northern ports 
as may be specified in the permits. 
Mexico. — Potatoes may be imported from Mexico upon compliance with the 
regulations issued under the order of December 22, 1913. 
Chile and Argentina. — Upon compliance with these regulations, fruits and 
vegetables, other than those listed in the second and third paragraphs of this 
regulation, may be imported from the countries of Chile and Argentina under 
1 See list of current quarantines and other restrictive orders and miscellaneous regulations, obtainable 
on request from the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
