BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 21 
Activities in connection with the summer quarantine on fruits and 
vegetables were heavy on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia 
and in Delaware during the month of July, although the work was 
considerably under the same period of last year. This was due to 
a decrease in the methyl bromide fumigation of loaded refrigerator 
cars caused by a reduction in the potato crop as a result of dry 
weather. 
Over 300 truckloads of fruits and vegetables were certified in August 
for movement from Xew Jersey to Virginia, North Carolina, South 
Carolina. Georgia, and Florida. 
Restrictions on the movement of cut flowers remained in effect 
until October 15. although the seasonal quarantine on fruits and vege- 
tables was lifted on September 20. The fumigation of farm products 
in refrigerator cars with methyl bromide ended for the season on 
September 9. 
During the period of the quarantine on fruits, vegetables, and cut 
flowers, inspectors removed 2,642 adult beetles from 3,245.495 packages 
of commodities certified for transportation. 
ARTICLES CERTIFIED, VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATED, AND PROSECUTIONS 
TERMINATED 
A total of 501,205 certificates of all kinds were required to cover 
quarantined products moving to nonregulated territory. 
Table 4 shows the quarantined articles, intended for shipment from 
the regulated area and for use in certified greenhouses, or surface 
soil in nursery plots, in heeling-in areas, or in plunging areas, which 
were fumigated or sterilized during the 12-month period. 
Tablk 4. — Materials fumigated or sterilized under Japanese beetle quarantine 
regulations, fiscal year 19J/0 
Treatment 
Plants 
Potting 
soil 
Surface 
soil 
Surface 
soil with 
plants 
Berries 
Lead arsenate. .. . 
Nil mber 
194, 912 
2, 107 
58, 726 
Cubic 
yards 
Square 
feet 
559, 636 
17, 710 
Square 
feet 
3, 453, 800 
Crates 
Carbon disulfide.- . ... . 
1,713 
Paradiehlorobenzene . 
Naphthalene.. . - ... . - -- 
47 
49, 064 
Steam... . . 
459 
20,664 
Treatment 
Plants 
Potting 
soil 
Sweet- 
potatoes 
Onions 
Tomatoes 
Mixed 
ship- 
ments 
Empty 
cars 
Methyl bromide. 
Nit mber 
771, 782 
Cubic 
yards 
23 

Cars 
162 
Cars 
8 
Cars 
78 
Cars 
2 
Number 
Hydrocyanic acid 
10 
5.686 

Treatment 
Beans 
Cabbage 
Potatoes 
Carrots 
Eggplant 
Peppers 
Methyl bromide... 
Bushels 
490 
Cars 
Cars 
1,009 
3 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Bushels 
Hydrocyanic acid 
12 
5S6 
61 
452 
