B.  E.  P.  Q.  512 
 
 TITLE  7— AGRICULTURE 
 CHAPTER  III — BUREAU  OF  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  PLANT  QUARANTINE 
 
 SEC.  3°1  •  6U-»5b  — ADMINI STRATI VB  I  INSTRUCTIONS — 
 UODIEYING  3?HB  RESTRICTIONS  OF  THE 
 MEXICAN  FRUITFLY  QUARANTIHE  BY  EXTENDING 
 TIIS  HARVEST IKO  SEASON  ON  VALENCIA  CHANGES 
 FROM  AFRIL  ^0  TO  MAY  31 ,  19U1 
 
 .   Pursuant  to  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
 of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quarantine  "by  the  third  proviso  of  Section 
 301. 61+,  Chapter  III,  Title  7,  Code  of  Federal  Reflations  [Notice  of 
 Quarantine  No.        ,  it  having  "been  determined  by  me  that  a  modification 
 may  "be  safely  made  without  increasing  the  risk  of  spread  of  the  Mexican 
 fruitfly,  Section  301.6H*-5(a)  [subsection  (a)  of  regulation  5  supple- 
 mental to  this  quarantine]  is  hereby  modified  to  extend  the  harvesting 
 season  for  Valencia  oranges  for  the  Texas  Counties  of  Brooks ,  Willacy, 
 Cameron,  and  Hidalgo  to  the  close  of  Hay  yi  for  the  year  19!+1 »  pro- 
 vided conditions  of  infestation  do  not  necessitate  an  earlier  closing 
 date. 
 
 The  host-free  period  for  Valencia  oranges ,  under  this  modifica- 
 tion, will  "begin  June  1  and  continue  to  August  j£Li  19^1 »  inclusive. 
 
 This  modification  does  not  affect  or  alter  the  harvesting  season 
 for  grapefruit  which  closes,  under  the  conditions  of  the  above  regula- 
 tion, on  April  30. 
 
 Done  at  Washington,  D.  C,  this  30th  day  of  December  19I+O. 
 
 LEE  A.  STRONG, 
 Chief,  Bureau  of  Entomology  and  Plant  Quaron tine . 
 
UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 
 
 3  1262  09312  1936