Caterpillars, Codling Moth and Aphids
This booklet details two 1912 articles on pesticide uses, recipes, and administrations for use in Santa Cruz County.
Notables: spray fertilizer / fertilizer spray, tussock caterpillars, zinc arsenite, iron sulphide / iron sulfide, black leaf 40, lead arsenate, acid arsenate of lead, pyro arsenate of lead, neutral arsenate of lead, Office of Fruit Disease Investigations, fungicide, lime-sulphur solution, copperas, precipitated sulphur, gypsum, mildew spray, Bellefleur, Yellow Newton Pippin, cankerworms, apple mildew, lye, oleic acid, crude oil
Notables: spray fertilizer / fertilizer spray, tussock caterpillars, zinc arsenite, iron sulphide / iron sulfide, black leaf 40, lead arsenate, acid arsenate of lead, pyro arsenate of lead, neutral arsenate of lead, Office of Fruit Disease Investigations, fungicide, lime-sulphur solution, copperas, precipitated sulphur, gypsum, mildew spray, Bellefleur, Yellow Newton Pippin, cankerworms, apple mildew, lye, oleic acid, crude oil
Creator:
W H Volck; W S Ballard
Source:
Press Bulletin
Date: 1912
Type:
BOOKLET; ARTICLE
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz County
- Watsonville
- 1910s
- Agriculture
- Chemistry
- Science
- Pajaro Valley
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-AGRICULTURE-13
Collection
Citation
Volck, W H and W S Ballard. “Caterpillars, Codling Moth and Aphids.” Press Bulletin. 1912. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/138040. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.