Show home grown tomatoes ripe home grown tomatoes were placed on the local market yesterday morning and were of 0 tile the very best quality while the price was a little higher than the imported tomatoes the local product moved readily and people clamored tor for the home grown tomatoes the retail price was 20 cents per pound yesterday but as the season advances and tomatoes become more plentiful the price will gradually decline there is a blight affecting the tomato plants this season it is said and the growers are having considerable trouble with this plant disease in some cases acres ot of tomato plants have become so seriously affected by the blight that the growers have abandoned hope ot of patches producing a crop and consequently have ceased to water the vines last year the tomato vines were hampered by worms to quite an extent but it Is said that the blight this season is more destructive than were the worms of 0 last year home grown corn and cucumbers are also on the market |