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Show ADMIRAL CORRECTS FRUIT LOSS REPORT 1 I WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Fruit crops at Smyrna were not damaged as much as first reported as the rSUl1 I Of the Turkish invasion, according to a report from Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, American h!?h commissioner at Constantinople, to the department of commerce, made public todM Cultivation of ftgs, Admiral Brl-i ; Isald, Is conducted almost exclusively "by the Turks and ueref ore the eVSc- uatlon of Smyrna by the Greeks) aused very little disruption to the Industry. In-dustry. At the opening of the season sea-son thf flK crop In Asia Minor was estimated es-timated at 26 O'0 tons. ft. -for- Turkish Turk-ish evacuation 15 pr cent had been exported, an estimated loss of about SB pr cent resulted durliiK th.- Qreek retr.-ut and the romalnlnif BO per 04 ot of the estimated crop win bo available. avail-able. ! The condition and Ualltv of tbej Fruit is normal and Smyrna hai ade quate means of transportation. Ad- I rnlral Bristol said. 'j 1 ri r |