Show HAVE GRAPES AT CHRISTMAS method devised by department of agriculture ri for keeping most luscious of fruits ten years ago no industry existed that was capable of placing american grown varieties of european grapes upon the market for the christmas trade say marketing experts of tile the united states department of agriculture then alien the department devised a method of packing the grapes in red sawdust in veneered vene ered drums and of handling the product under refrigeration in transit and in storage from the time of harvesting until the period of the hollday holiday markets today the industry ships more than car loads of grapes annually A few years ago the supply of red wood was threatened once more the department of agriculture aided added it experimented empei N ath nath various kinds of wood and demonstrated that spruce could be satisfactorily used the supply of spruce is practically inexhaustible to the trade the departments activities tivi ties mean uninterrupted business to lo the consumers the continuance of a luscious timit |