228 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1917. 



TABLE 26. 



Number of Male and Female Currant Fruit Flies Captured in 



Oils. 



ons 



Days 



Aniline 1 



Balsam (Gurycen) 4 



Bay leaves 2 



Bergamot 3 



Cajeput — 1 



Camphor 5 



Caraway 5 



Castor 1 



Cedar ,— 1 



Celery seed 1 



Clove 1 



Cinnamon (Cassia) 4 



Citronella 3 



Cubarb 1 



Cumin 2 



Eugenol 3 



Hemlock 4 



Horssmint 5 



Isoeugenol 3 



Juniper (Savin) 4 



Kerosene 7 



Kuromoji from Japan 4 



Lavender 3 



Marjoram 1 



Methyleugenol 3 



Origanum 1 



Paraffin • 1 



Peppermint 3 



Phenolpthaline 1 



Pine (Turpentine) -— 1 



Pyenischennum lanceolatum 5 



Sassafras 6 



Spearmint ' 7 



Tansy 3 



Thyme (red) 4 



Thyme (white) 3 



13 



17 

 13 

 10 



4 

 14 

 14 

 14 

 14 



3 



9 

 13 

 13 



7 



3 

 10 



7 

 10 

 11 



3 

 13 

 13 



7 

 13 

 14 



7 

 13 

 14 



4 

 10 



3 

 13 



9 

 17 





 

 



1 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2 

 

 ■ 

 

 



1 







1 



5 





 

 

 

 

 



1 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 



11 



In all probability, the currant fruit flies that were found 

 in the pans were not attracted to these oils but came within the 

 sphere of influence by accident, became stupefied and dropped 

 into the oils. 



Fowls. 



It is claimed that fowls, when allowed to run at large under 

 currant and gooseberry bushes, will destroy many larvae and 

 puparia. One grower who had tried this method raised the 

 objection that the hens scratched large holes below the bushes 

 and exposed the roots. He also stated that the hens ate the 

 fruit from the lower parts of the bushes. To determine whether 



