Final firing from Hattie’s peach shed • In 11 active carts • 186 left
Hattie's Georgia Sky Fruit Fly Jar
Hattie's Georgia Sky Fruit Fly Jar
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Hattie's Georgia Sky Fruit Fly Jar
Thrown by hand in Fort Valley, Georgia since 1981
Hattie Lassiter, 73, made her first fruit fly jar for her mama’s windowsill in the middle of peach country. 6,300 jars later, arthritis has stopped her wheel. These are her last 186.
“Mama kept a glass jar of vinegar on the windowsill and threw a dish towel over it every time company came. So I made her one she didn’t have to hide. From the outside, it’s the prettiest thing on the counter.”
Hattie Lassiter · Fort Valley, Georgia
What comes in the box
Glazed stoneware, about 4.5 in tall
With the little one-way opening
Vinegar, a drop of soap, done
Wrapped by hand, ready to give
Vinegar not included. Made for fruit flies, not for houseflies or plant gnats.
What makes Hattie’s jar different
A small clay funnel sits in the lid. Fruit flies follow the smell of the vinegar down through the hole and can’t find their way back out.
Solid glazed clay you can’t see through. From the outside it looks like a sugar bowl. Nobody needs to know what’s inside.
Apple cider vinegar and one drop of dish soap. No poison, no spray. Safe next to the fruit bowl, the grandkids and the dog.
Blue brushed over red-clay brown by hand. The glaze runs differently in every firing, so no two jars look alike.
Rinse it out once a week and fill it again. No refills to buy, no cartridges, nothing to throw away.
Bought for daughters, new homes and every friend who has ever complained about flies on the bananas.
“Fruit flies find ripe fruit and vinegar by smell from across the room. A narrow funnel lets them in, but they fly upward toward the light to get out, and inside a closed jar there is no light to follow. The drop of dish soap matters too: it breaks the surface of the liquid, so they sink instead of resting on top. Hattie’s jar does exactly what the old vinegar jars on Southern windowsills did, without anybody having to look at it.”
Glenda Purvis · Retired county extension agent · 28 years advising Georgia orchard and home gardeners
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Why Hattie’s jar lasts
- Real stoneware. Heavy and solid, not plastic, not thin glass.
- Thrown on the wheel. Jar, lid and funnel are each shaped by hand.
- Fired twice. Once to harden the clay, once to seal the glaze.
- Stands steady. A wide round base that won’t tip on the counter.
- Made to be used. Mama Ida used the very first one every summer for 29 years.
If the flies aren’t gone from your fruit bowl, one email to info@cedarandtinco.com is enough. Hattie would rather have it back than have it sit in a cupboard.
Good to know: Every jar is glazed by hand, so the blue and brown fall a little differently on each one. No two are exactly alike. Rinse with warm water, hand wash only.
Product details
| Contents | 1 stoneware jar, 1 lid with funnel opening |
| Material | Glazed stoneware, glaze applied by hand |
| Size | About 4.5 in tall with lid, 4 in wide |
| Use with | Apple cider vinegar, sweet wine or fruit juice + 1 drop of dish soap (not included) |
| Works on | Fruit flies (not houseflies or plant gnats) |
| Care | Empty and rinse once a week, hand wash |
| Made by | Hattie Lassiter, Fort Valley, Georgia — final firing, 186 remaining |
| Made so far | About 6,300 since 1981 |
The Last Firing
The Last Firing
A note from Fort Valley, Georgia:
Hattie Lassiter has made her fruit fly jars in an old peach-packing shed behind her house since 1981. The very first one was for her mama, Ida, who ran a peach stand for 31 summers and used to hide her glass vinegar jar under a dish towel whenever company came. Every jar, lid and little funnel is shaped on the wheel by hand and glazed by hand — about five hours of work per jar. About 6,300 jars later, arthritis in her thumbs has stopped her wheel. 186 jars are left from her final firing. When they are gone, there will be no more.
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- Delivery time: 5–8 business days
- Every jar is carefully packed and sent with tracking
- Size: about 4.5 in tall with lid, 4 in wide
- Jar + lid with funnel opening
- Use with apple cider vinegar, sweet wine or juice and one drop of dish soap (not included)
- Made for fruit flies, not houseflies or plant gnats
- Glazed stoneware, glazed by hand
- 30-day money-back guarantee — just email info@cedarandtinco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Got a question? Here’s how to reach us.
Email us anytime at info@cedarandtinco.com. We answer Monday–Friday 9am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm. Whether it’s about your order, the best vinegar mix, or just to say hello — a real person writes back.
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Can I return it if it’s not for me?
Of course. 30-day money-back guarantee. Put it next to your fruit bowl, and if it isn’t right for you, email info@cedarandtinco.com within 30 days for a full refund. No questions asked.
How is it made?
How is it made?
Hattie throws each jar, its lid and the little funnel on her potter’s wheel, lets them dry and fires them once. Then she brushes on the blue-over-brown glaze by hand and fires them a second time — about five hours of work per jar. The glaze runs a little differently every time, so no two jars look exactly alike.