UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 B.E.P.Q.-370, Revised. March 9, 1936 
 
 PLANT QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS 
 OP THE 
 BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE 
 
 Plant Protection Order (No. 2), February 26,' 193^i nas been 
 revised by Order No. 129 of September 5» 1935 > as follows: 
 
 IMPORTATION SUBJECT TO INSPECTION ON ARRIVAL 
 
 All plants not included in schedules I, II, and III to this 
 Order may be imported into Palestine, provided that they are first 
 inspected by a plant inspector at the place of entry into Palestine 
 and found free from diseases and pests. 
 
 PLANTS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES 
 
 All plants included in schedules I and III that are required 
 for experimental or scientific purposes may be imported into Pales- 
 tine, provided that the written permission of the Director of Agri- 
 culture and Forests to import such plants is obtained at least seven 
 days before the date of importation. 
 
 IMPORTATION OF SEED POTATOES RESTRICTED 
 
 No seed potatoes shall be imported into Palestine after October 
 1, 1935 > save under and in accordance with the special conditions in- 
 dicated in this Order. 
 
 SCHEDULE I 
 
 IMPORTATION PROHIBITED 
 
 The importation of the following plants is prohibited, provided 
 that any or all of them may be imported for experimental or scientific 
 
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 purposes and provided that the prohibition does not apply to preserved, 
 pressed or dried fruits: 
 
 Annona spp. , custard apple 
 
 Carica papaya L. , papaya, pawpaw 
 
 Citru s spp., other than citrus fruits from Egypt. ' " 
 
 Ficus spp. , fig 
 
 Gossypium spp . , cotton, o the r than ginne d cot t on . 
 
 Hibiscus spp. 
 
 Lycopcrsicum esculenturn Mill., tomato, other than tomato fruit, 
 
 the bona fide produce of Egypt. 
 Mangifera spp., mango, other than mango fruit, the bona fide 
 
 produce of Egypt. 
 Ivlorus spp., mulberry, plants only 
 Mus a spp,, bananas 
 
 Palms, all species other than the fruit of the date palm, 
 perse a spp. , avocado 
 
 Psidium gua.java L. , guava, plants only. 
 Panic a gr ana turn L. , pome-vranate , plants only 
 Solanum m elongena L. , eggplant 
 
 SCHEDULE II 
 
 INSPECTION CSHTIFICATE REQUIRED 
 
 The importation of the following plants is permitted, provided 
 that each consignment is accompanied by a certificate that the plants 
 are free (a) from all diseases and pests, and (b) in particular, from 
 the diseases and pests indicated opposite the name of each plant re- 
 spectively in the list below. The certificate must be signed by an 
 officer of the Phytopathological Service (or any equivalent authority) 
 in the country of origin. 
 
 Plants and plant products 
 
 Plant pests 
 
 Grapevines, Vitis vinifera 
 
 Fhylloxera viti f oliae Fitch; 
 disease known as "court noud" 
 or " arr i cci ai ae n t o n . 
 
 iango fruit, the bona fide produce 
 
 of Egypt. 
 
 Bacill us ma ngi ferae Doidge; 
 the coccids: 
 rhenacoccus x iirsutus , 
 hibiscus mealy bug; 
 Cnry s omphalus (f_^cjus_) aonidum 
 L., tne Florida red scale or 
 fig scale; all species of 
 Trypetidae, 
 
Citrus fruits from Sgypt, Syria 
 or Cyprus . 
 
 Consignments must be ac- 
 companied by a certificate 
 stating that the grove 
 from which the fruit was 
 gathered on inspection 
 proved free from Fnenacoccus 
 hirsu tus , and Cnrysor ruj^alus 
 mrsonatu s Comst. , i '■ s :ed 
 scale. Only boxed fruit 
 will be accepted and only 
 through the ports of Jaffa 
 and Haifa or Jerusalem rail- 
 way station. 
 
 Ch r y s omph alus ( ficus ) 
 aonidun L., the Florida 
 red scale or fig scale; 
 (Aonidiella) Chry s omuhalus 
 
 .arrant ii Mask, , the California 
 
 red scale. 
 
 Al 1 o the r f rui t s , v ege t ^b 1 e s , and 
 plants from Egypt not included in 
 Schedule I 
 
 Chry s omphatus aoniduin L. , 
 
 and Fh^r-acoccus " nirsutus 
 Q-reen. 
 
 Plums, quinces, apples, and pears , 
 whether nursery stock or fruit, from 
 Argentina, Australia, Austria, 
 Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, 
 Hawaii, Hungary, India, Japan, 
 Mesopotamia, Mexico, New Zealand, 
 Portugal, Rumania, South Africa 
 Spain, United States of America, 
 and Yugoslavia, also apple, quince, 
 and pear nursery stocks from 
 countries other than those above 
 mentioned. 
 
 Aspidiotus r>er niciosus 
 Comst., San Jose scale. 
 The following grades of 
 fruit will be accepted 
 wi thout certificate: 
 "Fancy No. 1" , "Extra 
 Fancy", and "Fancy" 
 gr ade s from U.S.A., S out h 
 Africa, Hew Zealand, and 
 Australia. 
 
 Liaize (Zea mays L.) seed for sowing 
 
 only 
 
 Seed beans 
 
 Potatoes for consumption 
 
 Sclerospora gra minicola 
 
 ( Sacc . ) Schr oe t . , downy 
 
 mildew. 
 
 Collet otrichum lindemuthi - 
 
 anum (Sacc. & Magn.) 
 
 Briosa & Cav. , bean an- 
 
 thracnose. 
 
 ( ?h th o r i mae a ) G-n o r imo s ch ema 
 
 o^erculella Zell., potato 
 
 tuber worm, and Leptinotarsa 
 
 decern ! i ne at a Bay, the Colorado 
 
 ■ootato bee- tie. 
 
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 Cabbage and cauliflower seeds 
 
 Fresh cherries 
 
 Fresh peaches 
 
 Bacterium campestre (Pam.) 
 S . F . Sin . , = Psoudomonas 
 campestris , black rot of 
 cabbage, 
 
 Rhagoletis cerasi L. , 
 cherry fruit fly. 
 
 Clasterosporium caroophi - 
 lum (Lev.) Ade rh . , p e ach 
 die -"back. 
 
 SCHEDULE III 
 
 PLAINTS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES ADMITTED UNDER CERTIFICATION 
 
 The following plants, if required for scientific purposes, 
 shall, in addition to the said written permission of the Director of 
 Agriculture and Forests, be accompanied by a certificate that the 
 plants care free: (a) from all diseases and pests, (b) in particular, 
 from the diseases or pests indicated opposite the name of each plant, 
 respectively, named below. The certificate must be signed by an 
 officer of the Phytopatho logical Service (or any equivalent authority) 
 in the country of origin: 
 
 Citrus nursery stock and budwood 
 
 Bacterium ( pseud omonas ) 
 citri (Hasse) Doidge, 
 citrus canker; Sphaceloma 
 ( f awcctti ) citr i , citrus 
 scab. 
 
 Man^o stock or budwood 
 
 Bacillus m angi ferae 
 Doidge, bacterial blight 
 of mango; Oh r y s omahalus 
 personatus Corns t., masked 
 scale; Aonidiella aurantii 
 Mask. ; and Fhenacoccus hirsutus 
 Green. 
 
 Mango fruit, not the bona fide produce 
 of Egypt. 
 
 Fig (Ficus spp.) 
 
 ( Crypt orhyncus ) Sternochetus 
 mangi ferae Fab . , mango 
 weevil; ( C ryp t o rhy nchus ) 
 Sternoch etus gravis Fab. ; 
 all species of Trypetidae. 
 
 Ch ry s omphalus (ficus) 
 aoniflum L.; C. personatus 
 C ons t . , maske d s c al e . 
 
SCHEDULES IV AND V CONCERN TEE IMPORTER 
 
 SCHEDULE VI 
 
 DISEASES FROM WHICH SEED POTATOES ;.:U3T 31 FREE 
 
 Potato tuber worm ( Ph. th o r i mae a ) Gn o r i mo s ch o ma 
 
 c^ercule Lla Ze 1 1 . 
 Colorado potato beetle heptinotarsa deceml ineata Say 
 
 ".".'art disease Syac hytrium endo^ioticuin 
 
 (Schilb.) Perc. 
 Powdery scab S^on^os'oora subterranea 
 
 (Walls.) Lang. 
 Common scab Oospora ( Actinomyces) scabies 
 
 Thaxt. 
 Black-leg B acillus ^hytopnthorus 0. 
 
 Appel 
 
 Any consignment of potatoes that on inspection is found to be 
 infected with powdery scab or common scab to the extent of more than 
 10 percent of the total number of tubers, will be considered as not 
 free from disease and be liable to re-exportation or destruction. 
 
 L33 A. STRONG, 
 
 C hief, Bure a u of Entomolo gy and Plant granting. 
 
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