Show I I I EQUIP STEAMER IN CANAL FRUIT Fill TRADE To Be e Practical L Laboratory for Experiments W WASHINGTON May 13 The 13 The steamer steam steam- er Charles H. H Cramp is being equipped d dby by the Atlantic Gulf Pacific Steamship Steam Steam- Steamship ship company for use as a a. practical laboratory for tor experimenting with the shipment of ot citrus fruits and vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables from the Pacific coast through tho Panama canal to eastern markets The plan is being worked out hi III cooperation co cooperation co- co operation with the preservation of ot fruit t and vegetable project of or the federal bureau of ot markets Cargo space will be bo divided int Into o compartments in which different conditions conditions conditions con con- can be produced and controlled In tho the tests It will be bo possible accordIng according accord accord- Ing to the officials to make records record s under variable transit conditions factors factors fac fae tors to be studied include temperature ventilation and humidity and th the e equipment nt being placed In the Cram Cramp will wm make possible study of or these conditions conditions conditions con con- Individually and In tion Oranges lemons and apples will bethe be bethe bethe the principal fruits to be transported In the Cramp The ship will Ply between between between be be- tween the Pacific and Atlantic coasts while the thi tests are being made Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral Of the American steamship ste lines JInes are said to be Interested in this experiment experiment ex lX for tor Its possibilities in shipment shipment shipment ship ship- ment of perishable not only to the eastern astern markets but to o Europe Two shipments of ot from rom California California Cali Call fornia through h the tha canal have canal have already alread been made Twenty five carloads o of ot f lemons over o the canal route were re recently recently re re- landed in New York with satisfactory satis Us factory results but experience demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- l that tt t would bo be necessary to ship or oranges ns-cs ns this way 11 under cr n 1 at atlon on Both Bath of ot the shipments were ac accompanied ac- ac companied by r representatives of the bureau of ot markets market i. i |