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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
will be removed for the season on and after Sunday, September 16. The restric- 
tions on cut flowers, however, remain until October 15. Under the quarantine 
regulations, certificates showing: freedom from Japanese beetle are required 
on shipments of certain kinds of fruits and vegetables until October 15. The 
effect of the order is to release the fruits and vegetables from that requirement 
a month earlier than is provided in the regulations themselves. 
The inspection of fruits and vegetables is necessary only during the period 
when the adult beetles are abundantly present and in active flight. There is no 
risk that such products will carry the Japanese beetle after this active period. 
During the last few days the Department's inspectors have found no beetles in 
fruits and vegetables. 
There is still danger, however, that the adult beetles may be transported in 
cut flowers. In cool fall evenings, the beetles have a tendency to crawl down 
into the flowers for protection. Therefore, the restrictions on the interstate 
movement of cut flowers and other portions of plants will remain in full force 
and effect until October 15, inclusive. 
Restrictions on the movement of nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse stock 
and all other plants (except cut flowers and portions of plants without roots 
and incapable of propagation) are in force throughout the year and are not 
affected by this amendment. 
REMOVAL OF JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS ON THE 
INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Since it has been determined that the active period of the Japanese beetle 
in its relation to fruits and vegetables has already ceased for the present 
season and that it is, therefore, safe to permit the unrestricted movement of the 
fruits and vegetables listed in regulation 5 of the rules and regulations (twelfth 
revision) supplemental lto Notice of Quarantine No. 48 from the regulated 
area as defined in regulation 3 of said rules and regulations, it is ordered that 
all restrictions on the interstate movement of the articles referred to above 
are hereby removed on and after September 16, 1934. This order advances the 
termination of the restrictions as to fruits and vegetables provided for in 
regulation 5 from October 16 to September 16, 1934, and applies to this season 
only. 
Done at the city of Washington this 15th day of September 1934. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture. 
[seal] H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Instructions to Postmasters 
Post Office Department, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, September 18, 1034. 
Postmaster : 
My Dear Sir: The United States Department of Agriculture advises it 
has been determined that the active period of the Japanese beetle in its 
relation to fruits and vegetables has already ceased for the present season 
and that it is, therefore, safe to permit the unrestricted movement of fruits 
and vegetables listed in regulation 5, rules and regulations (12th revision) 
supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 48 on account of the Japanese beetle, 
from the regulated area as defined in article 3 of such rules and regulations. 
Postmasters in the area regulated by the Japanese beetle quarantine may, 
therefore, accept until June 15, 1935, fully prepaid parcels of fruits and vege- 
tables when properly packed without being accompanied with the certificate 
of inspection prescribed by that quarantine. 
C. B. Eilenberger, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
