110 PLANT QUARANTINE AND CONTROL ADMINISTRATION [April-June, 
ment of grapes as above up to and including June 30 under the conditions 
herein already indicated. 
C. L. Marlatt, 
Chief, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. 
Approved : 
Arthur M. Hyde, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Public Heaeing on Extension of Mediteeeanean Feuit-Fly Quaeantine to 
Other States to be Held June i 
[Press notice] 
May 28, 1929. 
A public hearing to consider the advisability of extending the Mediterranean 
fruit-fly quarantine to cover each and every State of the United State will be 
held in Washington, D. C, at 10 a. m., June 1, 1929, it was announced to-day 
by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
The hearing will be before the Plant Quarantine and Control Administra- 
tion and the Federal Plant Quarantine Board of the Department of Agriculture, 
in the offices of the administration at 1729 New York Avenue NW. 
The object of this hearing is to provide a basis for the better enforcement of 
restrictions under Quarantine 68 and amendments thereto on movement of 
host fruits and vegetables originating in Florida. The particular object 
at this time is, by regulation, to prevent any reshipments of such Florida 
fruits and vegetables from the areas of destination and utilization specified in 
the quarantine and amendments thereto into other sections of the United 
States. It is intended also to furnish the basis for prompt handling of any 
points of infestation which may later be determined in other States. 
In this connection, attention is again called by the department to the fact 
that prior to the discovery of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida, between 
two-thirds and three-fourths of the citrus crop of that State had already moved 
out through normal channels of distribution and dispersion. That such 
movement has involved a distinct risk has already been determined by 
the finding of infested Florida fruit in some half a dozen States. Efforts to 
follow up all such movements from Florida and to have all infested lots 
destroyed were instituted in cooperation with the States concerned at an early 
period in the campaign, and later have been intensified by the mobilization of 
the State and Federal Extension Service and the very great enlargement of 
State forces. 
It is further pointed out that while a vigorous effort is being made, by re- 
peated and state-wide inspections, to locate all points of spread of the fruit 
fly in Florida and to destroy all fruit at such points, including a considerable 
area around the determined infested groves, the fact remains that infestations 
are being found at new points — so far all contiguous to or within areas already 
determined as infested. This situation was the basis for the amendment to the 
quarantine of May 10 prohibiting the movement from Florida of host fruits 
and vegetables to the Southern and Western States where there is a distinct 
possibility that this pest may become established and maintain itself. 
The action now proposed would strengthen the order of May 16 by protect- 
ing such Southern and Western States from reshipments from the North oi 
articles the direct shipment of which from Florida is already prohibited. 
Notice of Public Hearing on June 1, to Consider the Advisability op 
Extending the Mediterranean Fruit-Fly Quarantine to Other States 
May 28, 1929. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has information that the Mediterranean fruit 
fly, a dangerous insect new to and not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed 
within and throughout the United States but recently discovered in the State 
of Florida, has been transported to other sections of this country in shipment 
of fruits and vegetables from that State. 
It appears necessary, therefore, to consider the advisability of quarantining 
each and every State of the United States and of extending the provisions 
of Federal Quarantine No. 68 to provide for such regulation of the interstate 
movement of fruits and other articles as shall be necessary to prevent the 
spread of said Mediterranean fruit fly from any section of the United States 
which infested fruit may have reached. 
