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or through any other Territory, State, or District of the United States of all 
varieties of sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatas Poir.), regardless of the use for 
which the same is intended, on account of the sweetpotato stem borer (Omphisd 
anastomosalis Guen.) and the sweetpotato scarabee (Euscepes batatae Waterh.). 
Banana plants. — Quarantine No. 32, effective April 1, 1918: Prohibits the 
movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any 
other Territory, State, or District of the United States of any species or vaiiety 
of banana plants (Musa spp.), regardless of the use for which the same is in- 
tended, on account of two injurious weevils (Rhabdocnemis obscurus and Meta- 
masius hemipterus). 
Hawaiian and Puerto Rican cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed products.— 
Quarantine No. 47, effective August 15, 1920: Prohibits, except as provided in 
the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, effective August 15, 1920, the 
movement of cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed products from the Territories 
of Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any other Territory, State, or 
District of the United States on account of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora 
gossypiella) and the cotton-blister mite (Eriophyes gossypii), respectively. 
United States quarantined to protect Hawaii. — Quarantine No. 51, effective 
October 1, 1921: Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations 
supplemental thereto, effective October 1, 1921, the movement from the United 
States to the Territory of Hawaii, as ships' stores or as baggage or effects of 
passengers or crews, of sugarcane, corn, cotton, alfalfa, and the fruits of the 
avocado and papaya in the natural or raw state, on account of injurious in- 
sects, especially the sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis Fab.), the alfalfa 
weevil (Hypera postica Gyll.), the cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis 
Boh.), the papaya fruit fly {Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerst.), and certain insect 
enemies of the fruit of the avocado. 
Puerto Rican fruits and vegetables. — Quarantine No. 58, effective July 1, 1925: 
Prohibits, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
amended effective January 1, 1933, the movement from the Territory of Puerto 
Rico into or through any other Territory, State, or District of the United States 
of all fruits and vegetables in the raw or unprocessed state, on account of in- 
jurious insects, including the West Indian fruit fly {Anastrepha f rater cuius Wied.), 
and the bean-pod borer (Maruca testulalis Geyer). 
Sand, soil, or earth, with plants from Hawaii and Puerto Rico.' — Quarantine 
No. 60, effective March 1, 1926: Prohibits the movement from the Territories of 
Hawaii and Puerto Rico into or through any other Territory, State, or District 
of the United States of sand (other than clean ocean sand) , soil, or earth around 
the roots of plants, to prevent the spread of white grubs, the Japanese rose 
beetle, and termites or white ants. 
Foreign Plant Quarantines 
Potatoes. — Quarantine No. 3, effective September 20, 1912: Forbids the impor- 
tation of potatoes from Newfoundland; the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon; 
Great Britain, including England, Scotland, Wales , and Ireland; Germany; and 
Austria-Hungary, on account of the disease known as potato wart (Synchytrium 
endobioticum) . 
Mexican fruits. — Quarantine No. 5, effective January 15, 1913, as amended 
effective February 8, 1913: Forbids the importation of oranges, sweet limes, 
grapefruit, mangoes, achras sapotes, peaches, guavas, and plums from the 
Republic of Mexico, on account of the Mexican fruit fly {Trypeta ludens). 
White pine blister rust. — Quarantine No. 7, effective May 21, 1913, as amended 
effective March 16, 1916, and June 1, 1917: Forbids the importation from each 
and every country of Europe and Asia, and from the Dominion of Canada and 
Newfoundland of all 5-leafed pines and all species and varieties of the genera 
Ribes and Grossularia. 
_ Pink bollworm. — Quarantine No. 8, effective July 1, 1913, with revised regula- 
tions effective July 1, 1917: Forbids the importation from any foreign locality 
and country, excepting only the locality of the Imperial Valley in the State of 
Baja California, Mexico, of cottonseed (including seed cotton) of all species 
and varieties and cottonseed hulls. Seed cotton, cottonseed, and cottonseed 
hulls from the Imperial Valley may be entered under permit and regulation. 
Seeds of avocado or alligator pear. — Quarantine No. 12, effective February 27, 
1914: Forbids the importation from Mexico and the countries of Central America 
of the seed of the avocado or alligator pear on account of the avocado weevil 
(Heilipus lauri). 
