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 grew along the back fence. I gathered a handful of fronds, cut them at the base, and tied the bunch tightly with a piece of twine. 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 What conclusion can be drawn about asparagus grass? Flies do not like its smell. Flies love its smell. Flies are attracted to its color.