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State, Territory, or District of the United States when treatments are applied 
in Hawaii at plants designated for this purpose by the United States D a r>art- 
nient of Agriculture and under the supervision of the inspectors of the Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, provided that in the issuance of permits 
fruits and - vegetables so treated shall be moved and handled by the treating 
plant and loaded on ships in a manner which, in the judgment of the inspectors, 
win preclude fruitfly infestation subsequent to treatment 
In authorizing the entry of fruits and vegetables into the mainland of the 
United States under the provisions of this circular, it should be emphasized that 
inexactness and carelessness in applying the treatment may result in injury 
to fruits or vegetables or to their rejection. 
The treatment required under the provisions of this circular represents the 
requirements necessary for the elimination of pest risk and no liability shall be 
attached to the United States Department of Agriculture or to any officer or 
representative of that Department in event of injury resulting to fruit or vege- 
able offered for entry under the provisions of this circular. It should also be 
emphasized that evidence based on trial shipments under conditions of trans- 
portation from Hawaii is not available to demonstrate that fruits and vege- 
tables will be marketable after the application of the treatments here author- 
ized, and that any fruits or vegetables treated and shipped under the provisions 
of this circular are at the risk of the shipper. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. . 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO NURSERY STOCK, PLANT, AND 
SEED QUARANTINE (NO. 37) 
RESCIND ORDER REQUIRING TREATMENT FOR NARCISSUS BULBS FROM THE 
NETHERLANDS 
[Press notice] 
November 10, 1938. 
The requirement, in effect since August 1, 1936, that all narcissus bulbs from 
the Netherlands be given the hot-water treatment upon entry to the United 
States, was revoked today (November 10), effective August 15, 1939. The 
announcement was made in an order signed by Lee A. Strong, Chief of the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
On and after August 15, 1939, all such importations shall be accompanied by a 
certificate certifying that the bulbs have been thoroughly inspected at the time 
of packing and found or believed to be free of injurious plant diseases and 
insect pests. 
Upon arrival at the American ports of entry, all shipments will be examined 
by inspectors of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. This exami- 
nation will include the cutting of suspicious-looking bulbs when necessary to 
determine their freedom from infestation by the bulb nematode. Any shipments 
found infested will be given the latest approved treatment or rejected. 
At the request of the Netherlands Government, a committee of technical ex- 
perts representing the Governments of the Netherlands and of this country was 
appointed for the purpose of considering on the ground, in the Netherlands, the 
necessity of requiring the hot-water treatment of Netherlands narcissus bulbs 
as a condition of entry into the United States. This committee held a series of 
meetings in the Netherlands, during April 1938, most of which took place in the 
narcissus bulb fields where every opportunity was afforded to inspect the bulbs 
as to foliage or by lifting them, and to observe the cultural practices and sani- 
tary measures employed in an effort to reduce the bulb nematode infestation to 
the minimum. The field examinations revealed an almost complete absence of 
bulb nematode infestations in the narcissus plantings. 
In view of this condition and the sanitary measures practiced, which involve 
repeated field examinations during the growing season, supplemented by inspec- 
tion and certification of the bulbs at the time of shipment, it was evident, so 
long as the above conditions exist, that the bulb nematode risk incident to the 
importation of Netherlands narcissus bulbs does not justify the continuation 
of the requirement that all importations of these bulbs be given the hot-water 
treatment as a condition of entry. 
