August, ’23] 
HORTICULTURAL INSPECTION NOTES 
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infested with larvae of what appeared to be the West Indian Fruit Fly, Anastrepha 
fraterculus Wied. 
During the race of a fleet of passenger vessels to land thousand of immigrants at 
New York on July 1, 1923, many interesting interceptions of contraband plant ma¬ 
terial were made. The material intercepted included a species of Colocasia, green 
corn, and Irish potatoes. 
Mr. L. R. Dorland, who is in charge of the activities of the Federal Horticultural 
Board at Nogales, Arizona, attended the conference of the Western Plant Quarantine 
Board at Phoenix, Arizona, during the month of May. 
Mr. Lee A. Strong, Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantines, State Department of 
Agriculture of California, visited Washington, D. C., during the month of June for the 
purpose of consultation. 
Oranges, taken by Mr. A. C. Fleury, collaborator of the Federal Horticultural 
Board at San Francisco, Calif., from the baggage of a passenger on a vessel arriving 
fromjapan, were found to be infected with Citrus Canker. 
Prof. R. Kent Beattie, of the Federal Horticultural Board, visited various points 
in New England during the month of June for the purpose of checking over plants 
entered under special permit. 
Inspector P. E. Lewis, of the California State Department of Agriculture, on May 
22 collected larvae of the Mediterranean Frui Fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied., in rose 
apple {Eugenia jamb os) which arrived in San Francisco from Hawaii. 
Mr. E. R. Sasscer, of the Plant Quarantine Inspection Service, Federal Horticultur¬ 
al Board, visited various maritime and Mexican border ports during the month of 
July for the purpose of consulting customs officials and representatives of the Board. 
The Avocado Weevil, Heilipus lauri Boh., was taken by Messrs. R. B. Haller 
and M. M. Richardson in avocadoes for sale in Piedras Negras, Mexico, during the 
month of June. This same insect was also found by Mr. O. D. Deputy in avocadoes 
for sale in a Matamoros market. 
An interesting chestnut weevil, Balaninus sp. was collected by Mr. H. Y. Gould- 
man at the Inspection House, Washington, D. C., the nuts coming from Yunnan, 
China. Apparently this weevil differs from that which attacks chestnuts in the 
United States. 
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Mr. R. D. Kennedy, plant quarantine inspector with the Federal Horticultural 
Board, who for the past two years has been stationed in Washington, D. C., was 
transferred on July first to New York City to assist in the plant quarantine in¬ 
spection work at that port. 
Orchids {Aerides Lawrenceanum and Vanda Sanderiana ) introduced under special 
permit from the Philippine Islands recently arrived in Washington, D. C., infested 
with what appears to be a new species of Chionaspis. Mr. W. B. Wood, who in) 
spected the material, also found the plants infested with Parlatoria proteus (Curtis- 
and mealy bugs, Pseudococcus sp. closely related to P. citri (Risso) and P. lilacinus 
(Ckll). 
Mr. L. C. Griffith, of New York, visited Boston during the month of June for the 
purpose of assisting Mr. R. I. Smith in the testing of the new sterilization plant in¬ 
stalled in Charleston by the Terminal Wharf and Railroad Warehouse Company. 
