Show City's Fruit V Vegetable Supply Comes Many Miles I Nearly one third of the more than 70 carloads of fresh fruits and vegetables sold last year on the Chicago a market market a typical Ameri- Ameri American Amen American can big city with year ear around de- de demand de mand for tor or fresh resh prod traveled products products traveled more than 2 miles and arrived in innear Innear near perfects perfect condition the United States Depal of Agriculture reports after otter a survey of transit and storage diseases Much of this success Is I duo due to shipping and storage tests by tho the department I Ten per ct cent nt of the tho fruits and vegetables traveled more than 2500 2 miles to the Chicago market An- An An Another other 10 per cent was shipped 1 miles mUes 25 pr cent 1000 miles mUes and 22 per cent including that trucked In from Illinois and nearby states less than mules miles Even though Chicago is Ii centrally located the vegetables in a simple combination salad may have trav tray traveled clod more than 5 miles Toma Tomatoes Tomatoes Tomatoes toes from t P lorida lettuce from Cal Hernia and onions from the Rio mo Grando Crande valley all arrive In good condition as a result of better belter l of packing and refrigeration Uon lion tion Most fresh tresh fruits and vegetables are re now Available throughout the year in most large cities and in inmany inmany inmany many smaller ones Even straw straw- strawberries strawberries berries and watermelons once available for tor only a short period each year may be bo purchased in quantities for six to eight months each year cpr |