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shall make application for a permit to the office of the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine, Harlingen, Tex., as far as possible in advance of the prob- 
able date of shipment Applications shall show the nature and quantity of the 
fruit it is proposed to move, together with the location at which it will be 
packed, the name and address of the shipper, and a list of all groves, together 
with the names and addresses of the owners, from which fruit for packing will 
be obtained. Each applicant shall file with his application a signed statement 
in which he agrees (1) to notify the inspector of all additional groves from which 
fruit for packing will be obtained, (2) not to pack or ship fruit from any 
grove until he has received written notification from the inspector that the 
grove has been maintained in compliance with the regulations issued under 
this quarantine, and (3) to discontinue packing and shipping the fruit from 
any grove on notification from the inspector of the discovery of an infestation 
of the Mexican fruitfly in such grove or adjoining groves or of failure on the 
part of the owner or manager of such grove to comply with any condition 
of these regulations. 
(d) Containers. — Permits will be issued for the interstate movement of only 
such fruit as is packed in containers customarily used in the regulated area 
for the commercial shipment of citrus fruits, and of such nature as will permit 
the inspector to identify the contents thereof. 
(e) Sterilization may be required. — Sterilization of host fruits in manner 
and by method prescribed by the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine may be required as a condition for the issuance of permits for inter- 
state movement thereof when in his judgment the shipments concerned might 
involve risk of spread of the Mexican fruitfly. 
(f) Destination limitations. — Permits may be limited as to destination and 
when so limited the fruits covered thereby shall not be moved interstate from 
the regulated area, directly or indirectly, either in the original containers or 
otherwise, to destinations other than those authorized in such permits, except 
to the usual diversion points for diversion to authorized destinations only. . 
(g) Cancelation of permits. — Permits issued under these regulations may be 
withdrawn or canceled and further permits refused, whenever in the judgment 
of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, the further use of such 
permits might result in the dissemination of the Mexican fruitfly. After any 
such permit is withdrawn or has expired, the further use of any permit tags 
issued thereunder is prohibited. 4 
Regulation 5 
Sec. 301.64-5. Conditions required in the regulated area. — The interstate 
movement of grapefruit, oranges, and other restricted citrus fruit from the 
regulated area under permits issued by the United States Department of 
Agriculture will be conditioned on the State of Texas providing for and enforcing 
the following control measures in manner and by method approved by the 
United States Department of Agriculture, namely: 
HARVESTING SEASON 
(a) The harvesting season of host fruits within the regulated area shall 
begin on the 1st day of September of each year and end at midnight on April 
30 of the following year except that in Dimmit. La Salle, and Webb Counties, the 
harvesting period for grapefruit shall end on the last day of February : Provided, 
That the harvesting period in any regulated area shall be subject to such 
modification as to duration as may be authorized by the Chief of the Bureau 
of Entomology and Plant Quarantine when in his judgment such modification 
does not involve risk of spread of the Mexican fruitfly. 
HOST-FREE PEHIOU 
(b) A host-free period shall be maintained each year beginning on the 1st 
day of May and continuing through the last day of August, in the regulated 
area, except that in Dimmit, La Salle, and Webb Counties, the host-free period 
for grapefruit shall begin on the 1st day of March and continue through the 
last day of August : Provided, That the host-free period in any regulated area 
4 See footnote 1. 
