The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-17
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

bTIuSepOfL, OO1lu., Ocpt' 1is Ao~0' 986 Main St. Tel. Noble 25o.
 Abundant - Grapes, peppers, sweet corn, apples, potatoes.
 Normal-Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, plums, cabbage, cantaloupe.
 Scarce-Peaches, pears, lima beans, string beans, beets, squash. Confine Purchases to Abundant Lhst
 If Possible.
 The classification of fruits and veg etables into the abundant, normal and scarce list, should be studied care fully by every Bridgeport housewife before she makes her daily purchases. Only products listed as Abundant should be bought to secure the fullest purchasing power of her money. Ar ticles listed as scarce will be high III price, and should be avoided. lit. tie care in selecting the abundant pro- ducts will make a material difference in the weekly expenditure for "eata- bles" The price list given in this re- port does not contain prices that the consumer should pay but prices that the retailer pays. The peddler, store keeper, vendor, pay these prices and add a margin to cover costs of hand ling which amounts generally to 15 to 35 per cent. C1-6 to 13) or more of the original cost and this is the price the consumer pays. The Food Administration publishes price list once 8 week on Tuesdays giving the prices the consumer should expect to pay for staple commodities as flour, canned goods, butter, etc., to make these reports as valuable to the con- sumer as possible, it is necessary that she should know how to use them. Purchase abundant products and save | food and money. Plenty of Vegetables Available. A very wide choice of vegetables | was offered on the Farmers Market 1 this morning with a good demand on most products. Tomatoes were selling l to retailers for 65-75c a basket and l 7590c a crate. Some poorer grades were sold below these prices. Green | tomatoes are coming in in increasing quantities and are bringing about $1 a bushel to the grower. Potatoes are selling freely at $2 a bushel for firsts and $1.25 for seconds 1 Grapes are snapped up quickly al 1 $100-1.25 per 14-quart baskets or S9c a quart.
 Retailers are paying $1.25200 a | bushel for fancy apples and from soc 1 $1.0O per basket for poorer grades. 1 Apples, 5Oc-$15O basket; 4-1Oc at local, $4.50-6.00 barrel; 5-8c qt
 Bananas, South America, $1-2.25 basket.
 Beans, green, $1.75$2.OO bushel; 5A-6Ac qt.; wax, s1.75-2.0O bushel; 5A-6Ac qt.; lima, $3.25s.5O bushel 1Oh -121sc at.
 Beets. bunch. 20-26 punches fol $1.OO; 45c bunch.
 Cabbage, $2.oO-2.25 barrel; 2-2Ae pound.
 Cantaloupes, Long Island. s325- 400 crate; 9-10c each; Colorado gems, s1.85-2.00; 14-16c each. Carrots, bunch, 30-35c doz.; 21z -4t bunch.
 Corn, local, $1.75-$2.5o per 100; 21 BOG dozen; No. 2, s1.00-1.50 per 100 12-18c dozen.
 Cucumbers, York State, s1.50-1.s, bushel; 1-2-2c each; pickling, $1.O per 100; 1c each.
 Grapes, California, s1S5-$2 fiat: z 8 1-3c ID; Tokay, $3.0o fiat; 12-13c ID
 Lettuce (head), $2.25 crate; 8H' head.
 Onions, Conn. Valley, $3.Oo-S.2; GOO ID. sacl1); 3-3 A c lb.; local, S1.5O 200 bushel; S-4c ID.
 Pears Bartlett, $3.50-4.50 box 2A sc each.
 Oranges, Cal. Val, $9-s.5O box; 40 75c dog.
 Lemons, Cal, s5-$625 box; 1 l.
 Parsley, so-4oo doz.; 2H-a1-s bunch.
 Peaches, Fancy Elbertas, s2.2 basket; 1516c qt. Fancy Elbertas $4.25 basket; 15-16c at.
 Peppers local, $1.50 bushel; 3-5c at.
 Potatoes, Maine. $1.90-2.O0 bushel soc peck; local. $2 bushel, soc peck sweet, $7.5O-S.00 barrel, 68-73c peck
 Endive, $1 barrel; 1Oc peck.
 Squash, 2O-35c doz.; 1-2-3c each. ; Swiss Chard, $1 dozen punches, 1-3c bunch.
 Tomatoes, local, 75c-s1 crate; 4 4 3-4c quart; 60-75c basket; 3 1-2- 4c quart.
 2 Cars on track at g a. m.-3 grapes peaches CUtah), l pears, 1 banana: onions, 2 potatoes. 1 cabbage. U. s. Department of Agriculture