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 B.E.P-Q.   555  Effective  August  30,19^6 
 
 UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL  RESEARCH  ADMINISTRATION 
 
 BUREAU  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  PLANT  QUARANTINE 
 
 DOMESTIC  QUARANTINE  NOTICES 
 
 RESTRICTIONS  OF  JAPANESE  BEETLE  QUARANTINE  ON  CUT  FLOWERS,  FRUITS, 
 AND  VEGETABLES  DISCONTINUED  FOR  THE  SEASON 
 
 Introductory  Note 
 
 The  following  administrative  instructions  lift  all  restrictions 
 on  the  dates  specified  below  as  to  the  movement  of  fruits,  vegetables, 
 and  cut  flowers  from  the  area  heavily  infested  with  Japanese  beetles 
 for  the  remainder  of  the  season. 
 
 Pursuant  to  authority  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
 Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine,  in  paragraph  (b)  of  i  301.^8-4 
 (Notice  of  Quarantine  No,  kS   on  account  of  the  Japanese  beetle,  10 
 F.  R.  1951)»  the  dates  have  been  determined  beyond  which  shipping 
 restrictions  imposed  by  Administrative  Instructions  552»  June  6,  19^6 
 (11  F.  R0  6387)  are  no  longer  necessary  for  this  year  and  are  hereby 
 revoked  as  follows: 
 
 (a)  For  fruits  and  vegetables,  except  green  ear  corn  -  at  the 
 close  of  August  30,  19U6. 
 
 (b)  For  green  ear  corn  -  at  the  close  of  September  13,  19*+6. 
 
 (c)  For  cut  flowers  -  at  the  close  of  September  30,  19^6. 
 
 (Sec.  8,  37  Stat.  318,  39  Stat.  II65,  kk   Stat.  250;  7  U.S.C. 
 19^0  ed.  161;  7  CFR  i  301.1+S-U,  10  F.R.  1951). 
 
 Done  at  Washington,  D.  C,  this  27th  d-ay  °f  August  l^kG. 
 
 AVERY  S.  HOYT, 
 1    Acting  Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology 
 and  Plant  Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
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