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Show Fruit in Peat Hipened to Maturity. What i3 considered a highly important discovery has Just been made in the matter of the shipment of fruits. It is believed that a solution has finally been found of the problem of transporting delicate tropical fruits long distances. The experiments have been made by a French company, under tho auspices of the French Government, The shipments havo been made from Guiana and the Island of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles, An-tilles, to France, and tho outcome Is declared de-clared most satisfactory. The secret of the new process Is the envelopment of tho fruit In a particular kind of peat or turf, that, namely, which is known as yellow Dutch peat. Pineapples, Pine-apples, bananas, mangoes, sapotas and other delicate fruits have been taken when In perfectly ripe condition, enveloped In the fibrouy substance, and after several weeks spent in transportation transpor-tation have arrived at their destination In a perfectly fresh and sound condition. Peat, as Is known, Is vegetable matter more or lesa decomposed, which passes by Insensible degreey into lignite. The leys perfectly decomposed peat Is generally gen-erally of a brown color, that which Is perfectly decomposed is often black. Now, moist peat, it has for some time been known, possesijos' a decided and powerful antiseptic property. This- is ascribed to the presence of gillie acid and tannin It Is manifested not only In tho perfect preservation of ancient trees, and of leaves, fruits and the like, but sometimes even in animal bodies. Thus, in some Instances, human bodlo3 have been found perfectly preserved In peat, after the lapse of centuries. Mexican Mexi-can Herald. |