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[nottke <nottke@ols.net>]

>I put some Osage Orange apples in the basement last fall. I left them in a
>plastic grocery bag and forgot about them.  A couple of months later my wife
>found them and the bags contained lots of fruit flies.  It took a couple of
>months to get rid of the lousy fruit flies.  Never do I bring them in again.
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You will not have a problem if the fruits are kept dry.  When used
individually in moderate humidity, they slowly dry out without hosting
fruit flies.

James E. Nottke
Pfafftown, NC
Hardiness Zone 7A







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