What conclusion can be drawn about asparagus
grass?
O Flies do not like its smell.
O Flies love its smell.
O Flies are attracted to its color,
Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing
above the bowl. "Pick me some fresh asparagus grass.
These pests are a plague." .
The asparagus grass grewalong the back fence. I
gathered a handful of fronds, cut them at the base, and
tied the bunch tightly with a piece of twvine Back in the
kitchen, I stood on a chair and hung them from an iron
hook in the center ceiling beam.
"There," I said, pushing the chair back against the wall.
"That should discourage the flies."
--Fever 1793
Laurie Halse Anderson