Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . 13.—Cherries infested by the Cherry Frnit-fly. All the cherries containednia^_s:ots, although the upper ones shozved no external iiidications ofbeing infested. Natural size. sumers of the cherries. One grower picked two basketsfullof what seemed to be the fairest and largest cherries, and tookthem home for canning. When the housewife came to pit themshe was much surprised and disgusted to find that many of themwere wormy with these cherry maggots. The two cherriesin the upper part of figure 13 contained maggots, although theywere apparently perfect f
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . 13.—Cherries infested by the Cherry Frnit-fly. All the cherries containednia^_s:ots, although the upper ones shozved no external iiidications ofbeing infested. Natural size. sumers of the cherries. One grower picked two basketsfullof what seemed to be the fairest and largest cherries, and tookthem home for canning. When the housewife came to pit themshe was much surprised and disgusted to find that many of themwere wormy with these cherry maggots. The two cherriesin the upper part of figure 13 contained maggots, although theywere apparently perfect fruits externally. If the cherries are The Cherry Fruit-Fly. 27. allowed to remain on the tree, or are not used within a few daysafter picking, the work of the maggot will result in a rottingand sinking in of a portion of the fruit, as is shown by the fivecherries in the lower part of figure 13. When this stage isreached, or often even before the fruit shows signs of rotting,the maggots are usuallyfull - grown and sooncraw4 out of the lover of this lus-cious fruit reports thatwhen some cherrieswhich had been left overfrom a meal the preced-ing day, were placed onthe table the next morn-ing for breakfast, it wasfound that several mag-gots had crawled outduring the night. He isnow wondering howmany maggots were un-wittingly eaten the daybefore ! The work of this cherry maggot is well illustrated in theenlarged picture of a cherry in section, in figure 14. The mag-got:s feed upon the juicy flesh of the ripening cherry, usuallynear the pit. They form an irregular, rotten-appearing cavitywhich is represented by the black cavity near the pit i
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