Show i i TOMATO SEEDS IMPORT EDy FROM DAMP CLIMATE plants droop and die when deprived of moisture absorbed through leaves the blight that seems to have come over the tomato crop in weber and dails counties which means a loss of about la this county alone Is claimed by experts to have its origin in the imported seed that is used in this section it appears that the seed used is imported from the state of michigan where there Is a great deal of moisture which the plants absorb above ground in addition to the absorption by the roots beneath the soil it is claimed that when the seed from that section is transferred to the arid regions where all the moisture must be absorbed from the roots and where the ground is very warm and failing to get moisture through the leaves the effect is blight as now experienced the vines first turn to a yellow color then droop and die without producing it is urged that this mater can be overcome by the utah farmers growing their own tomato seed this is the only solution to the vexed problem so forcibly brought home to the tomato grower today since the publication in these columns of the article referring to the blight reports have been received which bear out the statement made at the time that at least three fourths of the tomato crop this year will be lost the blight seems to be more general watt even greater loss throughout the county than at first supposed |