178 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE I April-June 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO EUROPEAN CORN-BORER 
QUARANTINE (FOREIGN) (NO. 41) 
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS 
Revised Rules and Regulations Supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 
41 (Second Revision), Governing the Importation of Indian Corn or Maize, 
Broomcorx, and Seem of Related Plants (T. D. 46335) 
Treasury Department, 
Office of the Commissioner of Customs. 
Washington, D.C., April 21, 1933. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: 
The appended copy of Notice of Quarantine No. 41, with revised regulations, 
on account of the European corn horer and other dangerous insects and plant 
diseases, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, which b-ecame effective March 
1, 1933, and supersedes all previous decisions [editions] and amendments of this 
quarantine, is published for the information and guidance of customs officials 
and others concerned. 
Frank Dow, 
A<-tr>ig Commissioner of Customs. 
[Then follows the full text of the quarantine and revised regulations.] 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO JAPANESE-BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
B.P.Q.— 352 June 26, 1933. 
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— COMMERCIALLY PACKED APPLES UNDER THE 
JAPANESE-BEETLE-QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 
Under regulation 5 of the Japanese-beetle-quarantine regulations, " commer- 
cially packed shipments of apples in any quantity " are exempt from the certifi- 
cation requirements applying to other lots of apples of over 15 pounds to the 
shipment transported from the regulated areas to outside points. 
In interpreting this provision the term " commercially packed " will include : 
"(a) All apples in closed barrels, boxes, or baskets, of sizes and types custom- 
arily used in the apple trade; 
"(&) Apples in open packages when such apples have been graded in accord- 
ance with the official standards for apples promulgated by the United States 
Department of Agriculture or in accordance with any official grades authorized 
by the State in which the apples were grown and when the containers are 
marked with such grade. The so-called • unclassified ' grade is not, however, 
considered a grade within the meaning of this definition, and apples in open 
packages so marked are not considered commercially packed." 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO NARCISSUS-BULB QUARANTINE 
(NO. 62) 
B.P.Q.— 353 June 26, 1933. 
SUPPLEMENTARY ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTIONS— NARCISSUS TREATMENT 
AND PEST SUPPRESSION 
The following instructions are issued to supplement circulars B.P.Q. — 337 and 
B.p.Q. — 338, and to interpret certain points on which question has arisen. 
general statement 
In general, the provisions of circular B.P.Q.— 337 are mandatory throughout. 
In certain sections, however, such terms as "should" were used where the 
recommendations were primarily for the protection of the grower — such as ad- 
