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Show TOMATOES ARE RIPENING SLOWLY Tho canncrs of Weber county are practically at a standstill at this timo, It being between seasons. There will be littlo canning of tomatoes until the first of the month, the cold snap of yesterday and the latter part of the week retarding progress in the ripening ripen-ing of the tomato. However, a few days of warm weather wea-ther will start tho tomato to ripen-In?. ripen-In?. The crop is heavy nnd it is said by the canners that, unless weather conditions interfere, the canneries of this section will bo taxed to their limit to handle the crop. The quality is good and the product, after it has been placed In the cans, will undoubtedly undoubt-edly be the best that has boen packed by the Utah canneries In some time. Weber county will furnish fully seventy-five per cent of tho canned tomatoes toma-toes of the state It Is possible that there will bo a few tomatoes ready for canning wth-ln wth-ln the next few days, but there will be so few that the factories will not attempt to handle them. An |