LIBRARY 
 STATE PLANT BOARD 
 
 B. E. P. Q. 553 Effective July 1, 1946 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
 
 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 
 DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES 
 
 MEXICAN FRUITFLY REGULATIONS REVISED— HARVESTING SEASON 
 EXTENDED TO JULY 6, 1946 
 
 Introductory Note 
 
 The following administrative instructions extend to July 6, 
 1946, the harvesting season for grapefruit, sweet limes, and fl sour n 
 and "bittersweet" oranges produced in the Texas counties of Cameron, 
 Hidalgo, and Willacy regulated by the Mexican fruitfly quarantine. 
 This action will permit the completion of the harvesting of the 
 large crop of fruit and is deemed safe inasmuch as sterilization of 
 grapefruit from Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties will continue 
 to be required during the extended period. 
 
 i ]>01.6k~kc and 5"b Administrative instructions relative to the 
 Mexican fruitfly quarantine . — Pursuant to the authority conferred 
 upon the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine by 
 paragraph (a) of § 301.6U-5 (Notice of Quarantine No. 64), it is 
 hereby ordered that the harvesting season for grapefruit, sweet limes, 
 and ^sour" and "bittersweet" oranges be extended to midnight of July 
 6, 1946, and that the host-free period for these fruits shall begin 
 at 12:01 A. M. , July 7, 1946. 
 
 Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau 
 of Entomology and Plant Quarantine by paragraph (e) of § 301.64-4 
 (Notice of Quarantine No. 64), the requirements of the administrative 
 instructions effective April 15, 1946 (B. E. P. Q. 54S), 11 F. R. 
 4081, pertaining to the sterilization of grapefruit from the counties 
 of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy are hereby extended to July 6, 1946. 
 
 (Sec. 8, 37 Stat. 3I8, 39 Stat. H65, 44 Stat. 25O; 7 U. S. C. 
 19^0 ed. 161 ; 10 F. R. 14353.) 
 
 Done at Washington, D. C, this 26th day of June 1946. 
 
 P.N. ANNAND 
 
 1 Chief, Bureau of Entomology and 
 Plant Quarantine