The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-23
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT


 SS6 Main street Tel. Noble 25O.
 Market Guide for Bridgeport Consumers.
 Prepared by the local City Market ing Agent of the Bureau of Markets, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce and Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, Cooperating.
 ABUNDANT-AppIe cabbage, on- ions, potatoes, turnips.
 NORMAL-Beets, bananas, carrots, spinach, squash, sweet potatoes, lem- ons, cauliflower, oranges, grapes.
 SCARCE-Beans, cranberries, pep pers, pears, lettuce, grapefruit. Apples, King of the Fruit Market.
 Fruit lovers have an almost un- limited variety of apples to select from at the present time. Since ap- pies can be used in a great variety of ways, there is no need of their becoming monotonous on any table. They may be served for breakfast, dinner and supper, can be eaten be- tween meals for good measure, since they are not open to the subjections against eating bread and cake at such times. They are palatable, nutritious, healthful, and inexpensive.
 Apples may be preserved in many ways if this is necessary in order to save them. They may be canned as sauce, steamed or bake whole, or made into apple butter; the juice may be extracted and canned; they may be dried in sliced or as paste; or they may be used for extending other more expensive or less plentiful fruit.
 Every Day Is Squash Day.
 The winter squash crop throughout New England is unusually large this year in spite of a decreased acreage and the Bridgeport Market is abund- antly supplied with this product. Householders who purchase winter squash and pumpkins at the present time will help to absorb surplus which might otherwise go to waste. This is the season for pies and as the pumpkin and squash are lone crust pies" they require less lard than many other kinds.
 Vegetables Beets, $1.25 bushe1. 1-2-3c ID Beans, southern, $3.00-$4.0o bushel, 9-13c quart.
 Celery, bleached, flats, $1.5O-s2 dz; hearts punches, soc dozen, ' 1-2c bunch.
 Carrots, $1.Oo-$1.5o hundred weight; II 1ac ID.
 Cabbage, $125-$2.Oo barrel, 1 1-2, Pc pound.
 cauliaower, s1.75-s2.5o crate; 15c- 25c head.
 Lettuce, head, s2.75-sa.oO crate; 1 11c-12 # c head. l Onions, Conn. Valley, S1.75-$2.2E 1 cwt., 1 3-4-2 1-4c pound
 Peppers, $1-$1.5O bushel, 3-4c at. Potatoes, Maine, s2.5o-$2.9o cwt. 37 1-2-43 1-4c peck; native, $S-s3.3j cwt, 45-50c peck; sweet, $6.00-$70O 3Ac-4kc ID.
 Parsnips, $1.5O-s1.75 bushe1. Squash, winter, $1.50-$2 bushe1 1 1-2-2c pound.
 Spinach, $2.25-$2.75 barrel, 1926 | peck.
 Turnips. white. 5O-75c bushel 1 1-4-1 1-2c pound; yellow, $1-$1.5( cwt, Il 1-2c pound.
 Fruits
 Apples, fancy, $6-$75O barrel, s1. 1 $125 basket; local, Baldwin, $4.50. l SC barrel, 75c-$1.O0 basket; western fancy, $2.5O-$3.75 box, 1S-4Oc dozen
 Bananas, hands, $4,o0 bunch, 35c dozen.
 Grapes Spanish. $S.OO-$12.oO keg i 16-24c pound; Emperor, $2.00-$3.25 box. 1O-15c pound
 Grapefruit, Florida, $4.50-s5.O0.
 Lemons, Cal. $6.O0sS.0O box 22-
 Oranges, Florida Fancy, $4.75- $5.25; 2S-SO dozen; Florida Choice $425-$4.75; 25-28c dozen.
 Pears, fancy Cal, $3.75-$4.5O box 3. 1-2-4 1-2c each.
 Cranberries, $10.50-$11.5O barrel 10h -111ac pound.
 These prices represent the approxi mate cost to the retailer when buy. ing in unbroken packages. Consum. CTS should expect to pay, on the av. craze, from 20 to 40 per cent. to GOV CT the retailers costs of doing busi ness and his legitimate profit. c. M. STACK, | Local Market Reporting Service