1035] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 51 
B. B. P. Q.-383 September 14, 1935. 
DRIED, CRUSHED, AND SHREDDED BANANA STALKS EXEMPT FROM JAPANESE 
BEETLE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER QUARANTINE NO. 48 
Dried, crushed, and shredded banana stalks are considered as treated or 
processed in such manner as to eliminate any hazard of spread of the Japa- 
nese beetle. Such material is, therefore, exempt from the certification require- 
ments of the Japanese beetle quarantine. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
JAPANESE BEETLE CONTROL ENDS FOR SEASON ON FRUIT AND VEGETABLE 
SHIPMENTS 
[Press notice] 
September 17, 1935. 
Restrictions on the movement of fruits and vegetables under the Japanese 
beetle auarantine regulations will be removed for the season on and after 
Wednesday, September 18, the Secretary of Agriculture announced today. 
Restrictions on cut flowers, however, remain until October 15. Under the 
quarantine regulations, certificates showing freedom from Japanese beetle are 
required until October 15 on interstate shipments of certain kinds of fruits 
and vegetables from the entire regulated area and on interstate shipments 
of fruits and vegetables of any kind via refrigerator car or motor truck from 
certain sections of the regulated area. The order, issued today, releases the 
fruits and vegetables from that requirement approximately a month earlier 
than is provided in the regulations themselves. 
Inspection of fruits and vegetables is necessary only during the period when, 
adult beetles are in active flight. There is no risk that such products will carry 
the Japanese beetle after this active period, which is now apparently over 
throughout the regulated area. 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 inter- 
state movement of cut flowers and other parts of plants will remain in full 
force and effect until October 15. 
Restrictions on the movement of nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse stock 
and all other plants (except cut flowers and portions of plants without roots 
and free from soil) 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 sea- 
son 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 
(thirteenth revision) supplemental to 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 re- 
ferred to above are hereby removed on and after September 18, 193."). This 
order advances the termination of the restrictions as to fruits and vegetables 
provided for in regulation 5 from October 16 to September 18. 1935, and applies 
to this season only. 
Done at the city of Washington this 17th day of September 1935. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. 
[seal] H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
