1932] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 103 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE-BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
REVISION OF JAPANESE-BEETLE QUARANTINE AND REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
The following revision of the Japanese-beetle quarantine and regulations brings 
parts of the States of New Hampshire and Vermont under restriction and modifies 
the boundaries of the regulated areas in Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, 
Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Important modifications of the regulations include 
(1) the exemption from the certification requirement of commercially packed 
apples, and (2) the provision for an isolated area at Richmond, Va., under which 
certification will be required for the shipment of restricted fruits and vegetables 
from other regulated areas to that point, and no restrictions will be placed on the 
shipment of fruits and vegetables therefrom. 
SUMMARY 
These regulations as now revised prohibit the interstate shipment of green corn 
on the cob, beans in the pod, bananas in entire bunches or clusters of 25 or more, 
apples, peaches, or berries from the regulated areas to or through outside points 
from June 15 to October 15, inclusive, unless a Federal permit or certificate has 
been secured and is attached to the outside of the container. Peaches in shipments 
of less than 15 pounds are exempt. All commercially packed apples are exempt, 
and also shipments of apples of less than 15 pounds to the shipment whether com- 
mercially packed or not. For details and other exceptions, see regulation 5. 
The regulations also prohibit the interstate shipment of nursery, ornamental, 
and greenhouse stock and all other plants (including parts of plants and cut 
flowers), and sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, and manure, from the regulated 
areas to or through any outside point throughout the year unless a Federal permit 
or certificate has been secured and is attached to the outside of the container. 
For details and exceptions, see regulations 6 and 7. 
The regulated areas include the District of Columbia, the entire States of 
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, and parts 
of the States of Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, 
and Virginia. The boundaries are shown in regulation 3. 
For other conditions governing the interstate movement of the restricted articles 
and any vehicles and containers transporting them, see regulations 8 to 13, 
inclusive. 
To secure permits and certificates, address the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, 22 
Elizabeth Street, South Norwalk, Conn., or the nearest branch office listed in the 
appendix. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 48 (NINTH REVISION) 
(Approved December 22, 1932; effective January 1, 1933) 
I, R. W. Dunlap, Acting Secretary of Agriculture, have determined that it is 
necessary to quarantine the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massa- 
chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
Vermont, and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to prevent the spread of 
the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newm.), a dangerous insect new to and not 
heretofore widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United 
States. 
Now, therefore, under authority conferred by section 8 of the plant quarantine 
act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amended by the act of Congress approved 
March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), and having duly given the public hearing 
required thereby, I do quarantine the said States of Connecticut, Delaware, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylva- 
nia, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, effective 
on and after January 1, 1933. Hereafter, under the authority of said act of 
August 20, 1912, amended as aforesaid (1) fruits and vegetables; (2) nursery, 
ornamental, and greenhouse stock, and other plants; and (3) sand, soil, earth, 
peat, compost, and manure shall not be shipped, offered for shipment to a common 
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