American soft fruit is exhibited (7)
I believe the answer is:
appears
'is exhibited' is the definition.
(something which appears is shown or exhibited)
'american soft fruit' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano').
'fruit' becomes 'pears' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'p'+'pears'='APPEARS'
(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "is exhibited" , "Seems" , "Comes into sight" , "Comes into view" , "Becomes visible" .)