200 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS 
T.D. 39792, Publishing the Notice of Quarantine No. 56, of the United 
States Department of Agriculture, with regulations relating to fruit 
and vegetables, amended (T.D. 4G591) 
Treasury Department, 
Office of the Commissioner of Customs, 
Washington, D.C., August 14, 1933. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: 
The appended copy of amendment no. G of regulations supplemental to 
Notice of Quarantine No. 56 (fruit and vegetable quarantine) issued by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, effective August 1, 1933, is published for the informa- 
tion and guidance of customs officers and others concerned. 
Frank Dow, 
Acting Commissioner of Customs. 
(Then follows the full text of the amendment.) 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE-BEETLE 
QUARANTINE (NO. 48) 
JAPANESE-BEETLE CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 24 
(Press notice) 
September 12, 1933. 
A conference to discuss this season's developments in the Japanese-beetle 
situation has been announced by Lee A. Strong, Chief of the Bureau of Plant 
Quarantine, Department of Agriculture. It will meet in the auditorium of the 
Interior Department Building, Eighteenth and F Streets NW., Washington, D.C., 
on October 24, at 10 a.m. This is one of a series of annual conferences and all 
interested in the Japanese-beetle-quarantine regulations or in possible changes 
in such regulations are invited to attend and to join in the discussion. 
This annual Japanese-beetle conference will be held on the day before a dis- 
cussion scheduled recently by the Bureau to consider modifications in the plant 
importation regulations issued under Federal Quarantine No. 37. The consecu- 
tive dates were arranged for the convenience of nurserymen and others who 
are interested in both subjects. 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MAY BE SHIPPED THIS FALL WITHOUT JAPANESE- 
BEETLE CERTIFICATES ON AND AFTER SEPTEMBER 15 
(Press notice) 
September 13, 1933. 
The Secretary of Agriculture announced today (Sept. 13) that restrictions 
on the movement of fruits and vegetables under the Japanese-beetle-quarantine 
regulations will be removed for the season on and after Friday, September 15. 
The restrictions on cut flowers, however, remain until October 15. Under the 
quarantine regulations, certificates showing freedom from Japanese beetle are 
required on shipments of certain kinds of fruits and vegetables until October 15. 
The effect of the order is to release the fruits and vegetables from that require- 
ment a month earlier than is provided in the regulations themselves. 
The inspection of fruits and vegetables is necessary only during the period 
when the adult beetles are abundantly present and in active flight. There is 
no risk that such products will carry the Japanese beetle after this active period. 
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. Due to the prevailing cool evenings, the beetles have a tendency 
to crawl down into the flowers for protection. Therefore, the restrictions on 
the interstate movement of cut flowers and other portions of plants will remain 
in full force and effect until October 15, inclusive. 
