  We have analyzed the behavior of the correlation length, $r_0$, as a function
of the sample depth by extracting from the CfA2 redshift survey volume--limited
samples out to increasing distances. For a fractal distribution, the value of
$r_0$ would increase with the volume occupied by the sample. We find no linear
increase for the CfA2 samples of the sort that would be expected if the
Universe preserved its small scale fractal character out to the distances
considered (60--100$\hmpc$). The results instead show a roughly constant value
for $r_0$ as a function of the size of the sample, with small fluctuations due
to local inhomogeneities and luminosity segregation. Thus the fractal picture
can safely be discarded.
