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Show DEFYING THE SEASONS. A resideit of Capetown was in New York the other' day and toW a reporter that hia business was raising and shipping peaches, grapes and pears to the London market. His Arm last year shipped 588 tons, and other firms swelled that amount to 3000 tons. He aaid further that in March and April they get apples in Capetown from Canada. The ships are seventeen days between Capetown and London, and fruit haa to be packed in paper and cotton to insure their arrival in good form. They begin to ship fruit to have it arrive in London Lon-don about January 20. The grapes are aent . February Feb-ruary 1. Of course, it is simply matter of time. Their winter is our eummer, and when their peachea ripen in December they know that they will have no competition in London. The perfect aeroplane will start a great trade north and south. It will travel about 100 miles an hour and be perhaps three days in landing that fruit from Capetown in London. Then no refrigerator can will be necessary the birdmen will ascend to the right altitude to insure getting the proper temperature tem-perature for the fruit. The London merchant will on Saturday wire that there is to be a great function func-tion on the next Wednesday and he will need about ton of peachea and grapes. They will be loaded and put into London Wednesday evening, and the funotion will go on. T.he marvels of thia old world are just beginning their unfoldment. , |