The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-05
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

Bridgeport, September 5, 1918. 8S6 Main street., Tel. Noble 250.
 Abundant - Tomatoes. potatoes, grapes, pears, peaches.
 Normal-Cantaloup squash, cab bage, peppers, plums, corn.
 Scarce-Sweet potatoes, apples, lima beans. lettuce, string beans.
 Are You Canning Tomatoes?
 Sales were rather slow on most pro- duce this morning on the Farmers Market at the foot of Wall street. To- morrow and Saturday will probably find vegetables and fruits in much heavier supply and a better demand. Receipts were fairly light this morn- ing, but demand was poor, causing a slow market.
 Can, Dry and Preserve Tomatoes Now
 Tomatoes moved very well consid- ering conditions and the surplus of the supply was disposed of by 7:30 a. m. Baskets costing the retailer 50 to COG with the majority of sales at soc. Crates were disposed of at 65c to 75c each with a few sales on extra fancy stock above these figures. Bridge port housewives should not let this op- portunity pass to get excellent stock for canning, soup and other tomato preserves and very reasonable prices The community dehydrating plant will soon be available for the housewife who wishes to dry foods, and this means of conserving food is a most economic one, both for saving space and saving pocketbooks, Peaches Show New Rise Peaches have taken a sudden jump | owing to the shortening up of the crop. Bridgeport markets have not as yet felt the reaction but consumers are warned that there is likely to be a sharp rise in prices in a few days. A new shipment of two carloads of Colorado Elbertas came in lately and were selling at S1.S5 a fiat of about one third of bushel capacity, or 15c quart. Crates of Long Island Bellies and Jersey EIbertas were offered to l the retailer this morning at $3.25 to $S.75. Sweet Potatoes Much Cheaper | Sweet potatoes selling last week at sS.5O are now costing retailers $6.25 to s75O a barrel, according to quality | ana DTdHu. w llA SuS1 p14SCo IAOW holding, 57c to CSC a peck, consumers enjoying this vegetable can now feel able to purchase all they desire.
 Apples, S2.50-$3.25 bushel, S-10c quart, local s1.002.25 basket, 7-Sc l quart.
 Bananas, South America, s3-s3.5O nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen
 Beans, green. $2 bushel, 1-4c quart; wax, s2 bushel, 1-4c quart; lima s3 bushel; g 1-2c quart.
 Beets, bunch; 20-26 punches for $1.00, 4-5c bunch.
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 Cantaloupes, Long Island. $2-$3 crate, 11-12c each; New Mexico,
 Cabbage, s2-$2.5O barrel, 2-2 3-4c gems and pinks $2, 14c-16c each.
 Carrots, bunch, 3o-35c dozen, 2 IA 4c bunch.
 Corn, local, s2-$2.5O hundred, 24c- soc dozen; No: 2, $1-$2 hundred, 12-24c dozen.
 Cucumbers, hot house, s4 basket, (6o's), 6 3-4c each; local $1.25-$1.5O crate. 1-2-2 1-2c each. Grapes, California, $1.S5-2.oo fiat. 7-S 1-3c pound.
 Lettuce, nSdug 'OO-Y VI OO@A' o-4C head; Boston head, $2-S2.25 box e doz.), 3-9c each.
 onions, Conn. Valley, ss.Oo-a.25 GOO ID sack, 3-S 1-4c pound; local 1 s2-2.5o bushel, 7-Sc quart; rareripes, 20c dog. punches, 2-Sc bunch. |, Oranges, Cal, Valley, $9-9.50 box 4o-75c dozen.
 Lemons, Cal, $8.5o-ss box. s-4- Sc each.
 Parsley, 4oc dozen. 1-3c bunch.
 Peaches, $1.s5 flat. 15-16c quart Fancy Jersey Elbertas, $S.25-s3.7E crate, 15-16c quart.
 Pc ppers, local, $1.5o bushe1, S-5c quart.
 Potatoes, new, s4.25-$6 barrel. ss- 55c peck: local, s1.S5-2.oo bushel. 46
 soc peck; sweet. $s.26-s7.5O barre 5T6Sc peck.
 Endive, $1 barrel. Squash, 30-S5c dozen, 1-2-se each.
 Swiss Chard, s1 dozen punches. s 1-sc bunch.
 ! Tomatoes, local, 65c-75c crate, A. l 1-4c quart; 5Oc-6Oc basket, 1-2-4c quart.
 Eggplant, $1 dozen, 7-sc each. Cars on track at a. m.-Ont peaches (New Jersey), one pears, ont plums and pears one oranges, twt , potatoes, three grapes one onions. one