1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 93 
vegetables ; and fruit-packing equipment and all other articles including nursery 
stock which have been associated with the production of or commerce in fruits 
or vegetables or have been or are contaminated with sand, soil, earth, peat. 
compost, or manure. 
(70 Host fruits and vegetables: Fruits, vegetables, and garden and orchard 
products of all kinds susceptible to infestation by the Mediterranean fruit fly, 
namely, (1) all wild and cultivated fruits, except watermelons, pineapples, 
coconuts and other nuts; and (2) the following kinds of vegetables: Peppers 
of all kinds, gourds, pumpkins, squashes, tomatoes, beans of all kinds, egg- 
plants; together with any other fruits or vegetables or other garden or orchard 
products which may later be determined as susceptible and of which due notice 
will be given. 
(i) Host-free period: A period of time during which no host fruits or vege- 
tables in any stage of development are produced or permitted to exist within 
any protective zone except fruits or vegetables of such varieties, and fruits or 
vegetables held under such conditions, as are prescribed in these regulations. 
(;') Inspector: An inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
REGULATION 2. CONDITION'S REQUIRED IN THE QUARANTINED STATE 
The interstate movement of restricted articles from any part of the State 
of Florida will be conditioned on the said State providing for and enforcing the 
following eradication and control measures in manner and by method satis- 
factory to the United States Department of Agriculture, namely : 
(A) Lifcstcd Zones; Eradication Measures 
(1) Upon determination by the State Plant Board of Florida of a Mediter- 
ranean fruit fly infestation, the area included within 1 mile of any property 
on or in which such infestation has been determined shall be designated by said 
plant board as an infested zone: Provided, That any property of which any part 
is within 1 mile of an infested property shall in its entirety be included in 
the infested zone, and that the State Plant Board of Florida, with the approval 
of the United Stato< Department of Agriculture, may Include in such infested 
zone such additional area as may be necessary to effect the eradication of 
this insect. 
(2) Within every infested zone as prescribed above, all host fruits, wild 
and cultivated, and all host vegetables, shall be destroyed or processed or 
treated in a manor satisfactory to the inspector as soon as possible after the 
discovery of infestation therein. No host fruits or vegetables shall thereafter 
be permitted to develop to susceptible Stages Of maturity or to remain within 
such zone, nor shall any host vegetables he planted in such zone until the 
State Plant Board, with the approval of the United States Department of 
Agriculture, shall determine that ail infestation in such zone has been elimi- 
nated and that the restrictions of this paragraph shall no Longer remain in 
force with respect thereto. 
(.'i) Such treatment as shall he satisfactory to the inspector shall he applied 
to (1p- soil Of premises in the infested zone and te all railway cars, boats, and 
other vehicles and containers which have been used in conveying fruits or 
ables therefrom, and to all fruit-packing equipment and all' other articles 
which have been associated with the production of, or commerce in. bucd fruits 
or vegetables or arc contaminated with sand, soil, earth, peat, compost, <>r 
manure from the said Infested zone. 
i /: i Protective Zone: Host-Free l'criixi 
i i ) Immediately upon the designation of an infested zone, the area Included 
within '.) miles <if the outside boundary of Baid zone shall be designated a- a 
protective zone; I>r<>r';<h<! . That any property Of which any part Is within such 
distance of an Infested zone shall in :ts entirety he included in the protective 
zone, and that the state Plant Board of Florida, with the approval of the 
railed states Department of Agriculture, may Include in such protective zone 
such additional area us may he accessary t<> effect the eradication of this Insect. 
(2) A host-free period shall he maintained each year throughout the pro- 
tective zones, beginning on May 1 and continuing for six months/ subject t<> 
•The host tree period in 1929 is expected t<> approximate Ave months. 
