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"The importation of cottonseed or coffee should "be supported by 
a certificate issued by a competent and authorized person, without it 
being absolutely necessary that the fumigation take place precisely at 
the port or customhouse of entry, since it will be sufficient that in 
the document mentioned it appear that the fumigation took place immedi- 
ately before or after the last loading." 
EXTERIOR QUARANTINE NO. k. ~ POTATOES 
. (Decree of June 26, 1927) 
A partial quarantine against pota.toes on account of the potato 
wart disease ( Synchytrium endobioticun (Schilb.) Perc.) and other 
injurious pests or diseases not known to occur in Mexico. 
The importation of potatoes is subject to the general provisions 
applying to partial quarantines and to the following: 
Sp ecial provisions applying to the i mporta tion of -potatoes from 
the United States: 
The importation of potatoes from Maryland, West Virginia, and 
Pennsylvania is absolutely prohibited, because of the occurrence of 
potato wart in those States. 
potatoes from California, Colorado, Tennessee, Virginia, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Florida may be imported into Mexico 
if previously fumigated or disinfected. This requirement is imposed on 
account of the potato tuber worm ( (Bithorimaea) Gnorim o schema operculella 
Zell.), which occurs in those States. 
This quarantine does not affect potatoes from any other State. 
EXTERIOR QUARANTINE NO. 5. - FRUITS Ai^D VEGETABLES 
(Decree of July 17, 1927, as revised by that of Jan. 27, 193b, effective 
Aug. 18, 1936) 
Article 1. In accordance with the provisions of article U3 of the 
Regulations of the Agricultural Sanitary police (phytosanitary Service) 
an absolute quarantine is established against all kinds of fruits with 
a soft pericarp, and fresh produce (truck crops) proceeding from Africa 
(the whole continent and islands thereof), Argentina, Australia, Azores, 
Bermuda, Brazil, Canary Islands, Cyprus-, Prance, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, 
Italy, Malta, New Zealand, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria, and Tasmania, 
Subterranean Products Excepted. 
Art. 2. The following are not affected by the provisions of 
article 1 if they arrive free from soil: fresh produce of subterranean 
growth, such as onions, carrots, turnips, beets, etc. 
