Edwin House Tree Bands correspondence

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Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society

Name/Title

Edwin House Tree Bands correspondence

Entry/Object ID

2022.11.06

Scope and Content

Folder of correspondence, reports and brochures regarding Edwin H. House's "Early Bird" tree bands to protect fruit crops from Codling Moths. Scientific research about tree banding, chemical used, process for impregnating bands with insecticides, client lists, technical bulletins about the moth. Letters from American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation, New York Ray Hutson, Professor of Entomology, Michigan state collage, Lansing, 1934 W.P. Flint, entomologist, State of Illinois, Agricultural Exp. Station, 1935 M.A. Koeller, manufacturer of "Sure Kill" apple tree bands Paul. V. Knudsen, maker of Beta Naphthol Tree Bands, 1937 Complaint about tree bands from New Era Canning Company, 1934 (reporting unhappy tree-bands customer)

Context

Mr. House was a local innovator in tree-fruit agriculture.

Acquisition

Accession

2022.11

Source or Donor

McEnroe, Therese "Tess" K.

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Search Terms

fruit growing, agriculture, orchards, pest control

Location

Box

074 House Family

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

House, Edwin Harvey 1875-1958

Create Date

February 11, 2022

Update Date

February 15, 2022