The Cherry Fruit-Fly, 



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How AND When the Insect Works. 

 Unfortunately this clierrj maggot works in a very inconspicuous 

 manner, so that it will be a difficult matter to determine its presence 

 until the mischief is wrought. All of those who suffered from its 

 ravages the past summer did not know of its presence until their 

 attention was called to it by the consumers of the cherries. One 



- Cherries infested by the Cherry FrvM-fly. All the cherries contained maggots although 

 the upper ones showed no external indications of being infested. Natural size. 



grower picked two basketsful of what seemed to be the fairest and 

 largest cherries, and took them home for canning. When the house- 

 wife came to pit them she was much surprised and disgusted to find 

 that many of them were " wormy " with these cherry maggots. 

 The two cherries in the upper part of figure 13 contained maggots, 

 although they were apparently perfect fruits externally. If the 

 cherries are allowed to remain on the tree, or are not used within a 

 few da3^s after picking, the work of the maggot will result in a 

 rotting and sinking in of a portion of the fruit, as is shown by the 



