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Show BIG CiOP OP BERRIES READY A good many Weber county strawberries straw-berries are making their appearanco on tho local market at fancy prices and thej' arc said to be of the choicest choic-est variety. Next week the harvesting of the strawberry crop will ibe at its height. There arc many berries raised in Weber county and It will ibe no small task to take care of them. It Is anticipated, antici-pated, however, that there will be no great difficulty encountered to get sufficient help Inasmuch as tho schools are not in session and the larger children makegood berry pickers. pick-ers. Some of tho berrymen were in tho city this morning "looking over the situation and studying the market conditions. They say the strawberry ciop this year, In quantltj will bo about normal, or a little bolow, but that the quality will be better than in a number ot years. The trouble encountered In marketing tho berries the fruit growers say, is that the crop has to bo disposed of each day and at times tho markot Is gluttod. |