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THE NATIONAL NUESERYMAN 
LIST OF CURRENT QUARANTINES NOW IN FORCE 
AFFECTING THE NURSERYMEN 
DOMESTIC QUARANTINE 
Daie Quaranlinc No, 6: Regulates the inter¬ 
state inoNeiiient of date palms or date-palm offshoots 
from Riverside County, Cal., east of the San Rernardino 
meridian; Imperial County, Cal.; Yuma. Maricopa, and 
Pinal Counties, Ariz., and SVebb County, Tex.; on account 
of the Parlatoria scale {Parlatoria blanchardi) and the 
Phoenic jcoccus scale {Phoenicococcus mdrlatti.) 
Hawaiian fruits.- Quarantine No. 13, revised: Pro¬ 
hibits or regulates the importation from Hawaii of all 
fruits and vegetables, in the natural or raw state, on ac¬ 
count of the Mediterranean fruit fly and the melon fly. 
Sugar c«7?.c.— Quarantine No. 16: Prohibits the impor¬ 
tation from Hawaii and Porto Rico of living canes of 
sugar cane or cuttings or parts thereof, on account of 
ceitain irijurious insects and fungus diseases. 
Gypsy moth and brown-tail moth. —Quarantine No. 27: 
Regulates the movement interstate to any point outside of 
the quarantined towns and territory, or from points in 
the generally infested area to points in the lightly infested 
area, of stone or quarry produds, and of the plants and 
plant products listed therein. This quarantine covers 
portions of the New England States. 
^ Five-leafed pines, Pxibes, and Grossularia. —Quaran¬ 
tine No. 26: Prohibits the interstate movement of five- 
leafed pines, currant and gooseberry plants from all 
States east of and including the States of Minnesota, 
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana to points out¬ 
side of this area; prohibits further, the interstate move¬ 
ment of five-leafed pines and black-currant plants to 
points outside the area comprising the States of Maine, 
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 
Coniu'cticut, and New York on acount of the white pine 
blister rust. 
Banana Quarantine No. 32: Prohibits the 
movement from the Territories of Hawaii and Porto Rico 
into or through any other Territory, State, or District of 
the United States of any species or variety of banana 
plants (Musa spp.), regardless of the use for which the 
same are intended, on acount of two injurious weevils, 
Rhabdocnemis obseurus and Metama,sius hemipterus. 
FOREIGN QUARANTINE 
Mexican fruits. —Quarantine No. 5, as amended: Pro¬ 
hibits the importation of oranges, sweet limes, grapefruit, 
mangoes, achras sapotes, peaches, guavas, and plums 
from the Republic of Mexico, on account of the Mexican 
fruit fly. 
Five-leafed pines, Ribes, and Grossularia. —Quaran¬ 
tine No. 7. as amended: Prohibits the importation from 
eacli and evmy country of Europe and Asia, and from 
the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, of all five- 
lea : nines nnd all .species and varieties of the genera 
Ribr - .-md Grossularia. on account of the white-pine blis¬ 
ter rust 
Seeds of avocado or alligator -Quarantine‘No. 
12: Prohibi' •• the imporlation from Mexico and the coun¬ 
tries of Central America of the seeds of the avocado or 
alligator pear, on account of the avocado weevil. 
Sugar cane. — Quarantine No. 13: Prohibits the impor' 
tation from all foreign countries of living canes of sugar 
cane or cuttings or parts thereof, on account of certain 
injurious insects and fungus diseases. There are no re¬ 
strictions on the entry of such materials into Hawaii and 
Porto Rico. 
Citrus nursery A/or/,:. —Quarantine No. 19: Prohibits 
the importation from all foreign localities and countrii'S 
of all citrus nurseiy stock, including huds, .scions, and 
seeds, on account of the citrus canker and other danger¬ 
ous citrus diseases. The terms “citrus,” as used in this 
quarantine, includes all plants belonging to the subfam¬ 
ily or tribe Citratae. 
European Quarantine No. 20: Prohibits, on 
account of the European pine-shoot moth (Evetria boul- 
iana)^ the importation from all European countries and 
localities of all pines not already excluded by Quarantine 
No. 7. 
Citrus fruit. — Quarantine No. 28: Prohibits the impor¬ 
tation from eastern and southeastern Asia (including In¬ 
dia, Siam, Indo-China, and China), the Malayan Archi¬ 
pelago, the Philippine Islands, Oceania (except Australia, 
Tasmania, and New Zealand), Japan (including Formosa 
and other islands adjacent to Japan), and the Union of 
South Africa, of all species and varieties of citrus fruits, 
on account of citrus canker, except that oranges of the 
mandarin class (including satsuma and tangerine var¬ 
ieties) may be imported on compliance with the condi¬ 
tions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of 
Agriculture. 
Bananu plants. — Quarantine No.. 31: Prohibits the 
importation for any purpose of any species or variety of 
banana plants (Musa spp.), from all foreign countries 
and localities, on acount of the banana root borer (Cos¬ 
mopolites sordidus). 
OTHER RESTRICTIVE ORDERS 
The regulation of the entry of nursery stock from for¬ 
eign countries into the United States was specifically 
provided for in the plant-quarantine act. The act fur¬ 
ther provides for the similar regulation of any other class 
of plants or plant products when the need therefor shall 
be dete-rmined. Tlie entry of the plants and plant pro¬ 
ducts listed below has been brought under such regula¬ 
tion : ^ 
Nursery stock. — Nursery stock is entered under regula¬ 
tions requiring a permit, foreign certification and mark- 
ing, reporting arrival and distribution, and inspection at 
destination. The term “nursery stock” includes all field- 
grown florists’ stock,'trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, 
scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and orna¬ 
mental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant pro¬ 
ducts for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower 
seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, 
bulbs, and roots. 
AvocckIo, or alligator jtear. — The order of February 27, 
1914, prohibits the importation from Mexico and the 
( ountiies of Central America of the fruits of the avocado, 
or alligator pear, except under permit and in accordance 
with the other provisions of the regulations issued under 
snid order, on account of the avocado weevil. Entry is 
permitted only through the port of New York and is 
