The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-10
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 10, 1913. SS6 Main street., Tel Noble 250. Abundant - tomatoes, apples, po- tatoes. grapes. pears. Normal-Cantaloup squash, cab- bage, peppers, plums, corn, sweet po- tatoes.
 Scarce-Lima beans, lettuce, string beans beets peaches. Excellent Bargains on Farmers Market.
 Receipts were heavy on the Far mers Market at the foot of Wall street this morning (Tuesday) and with a good demand on most produce, loads were nearly sold out at 7:30 a. m. There were very few price changes but come new fall crops appeared for the first time. Parsnips and native cantaloupeS are now coming in in sufficient quantities to create mar ket Where patches escaped the blight, the melons are of excellent quality and size and sold readily at $1.25-$1.5O crate of F melons or about 10 1-2c each.
 Cabbage Selling Fast.
 Cabbage brought En to the Farmers Market sold very rapidly this morning at s1.75S2.25 per barrel according to quality, The supply was quickly ex- hausted and shows that cabbage Is recovering its old time popularity.
 Corn Market Dragging.
 Corn threatens to be a difficult crop to move unless consumers and pro- dUcers can cooperate. Demand at present seems to be at standstill and growers are having difficulty in dis posing of even small loads Many growers prefer to leave the corn in the field or feed it to hogs rather than expend the labor to market it at low prices. Much fancy corn is being saved for seed to foretsall any reoc- currence of last years difficulty in se- curing desirable seed for planting Consumers should use more corn and also allow the producer fair price fol growing and marketing. Beans Very Popular.
 Very fancy green and wax bean: sold readily this morning at $2 pei bushel of 2S quarts or about 7c z quart. Limas sold freely at $3 pei bushel.
 Retailers were paying 50-75c pel basket for tomatoes according tt quality and condition. Sweet pota toes are higher, selling now at $7.5o-s a barrel or 6S-79c peck. Apples, 5Oc-s1.25 basket; 4-sc qt f $1.75-$2.5O bushel; 5-Sc qt.; local, $1 $2.25 basket; 7-Sc at Bananas, South America, $3-$35 nine hands, 25-30c dozen. , Beans, green, s2 bushel, IA f quart; wax, s2 bushel, 6 1-4c quart | lima, $2.75-$3 bushel. | Beets, bunch, 20-26 punches fo
 $1.O0, 4-5c bunch.
 Cabbage, $1.9O-$2.25 barrel, 2-2 S-4 lb.
 Cantaloupes, New Jersey $2.5O-$' . crate, 11c-12c each; New Mexico gems and pinks, flats, $2.OO; 14c-16 I each.
 g Carrots, bunch, SOc-5Oc dozen, 21k 1 4c bunch.
 t Corn, local, $2-$2.25 hundred; 24-27 = dozen; No. ?, $1-$2 per hundred; 12-24 - dozen.
 Cuoumbers, York State, $2.25 bushel 5 3 1-2c each; local, $125-$1.5O crate : 1-2-2 1-2c each. t Grapes, California, $1.S5-$2 flat; z = 8 1-2c lb; Tokay, $3 fiat; 12-13c ID. t Lettuce, head, $2-$2.25 box; S-9 head.
 e Onions, Conn. Valley, s3-$8.25 uC . ID sack), 3-3Ac fb; local, $1.5O-$ " bushel, 3-4c 10; rareripes, 200 doze : punches, 1 2-3c bunch. S Oranges, Cal, Valley, $9-9.5O bo. II 40-75c dozen.
 Lemons. Cal, $S.5O-ss box. s-4-
 Sc each.
 Parsley, Soc4oc dozen; 1-2-S l.;
 Peaches, $1.S5 flat, 15-16c quar ! Fancy Jersey Elbertas, $3.25-$S7 crate, 15-16c quart.
 Peppers, local, $1.5o bushel; S-5c at y Potatoes, new, $4.25-$6 barrel, 8! e 55c peck; local, s1.S5-2.OO bushel, 4 l. soc peck; sweet, $6.25-$7.5O barr = 57-68c peck. l. Endive, S1 barrel. e Squash, 3O-35c dozen, 2 1-2-: @ each.
 l. Swiss Chard, s1 dozen punches, d 1-3c bunch. tt Tomatoes, local, 65-75c crate, 4-4N d quart 50-75c basket; 1-24c quart.
 Eggplant, $1 dozen, 7-8c each. r. Cars on track at g a. m.-O1 0. peaches (New Jersey), one pears, ol r. oranges two grapes. le These prices represent the approx ia mate cost the retailer has to ps Ia when buying in the original packag m On account of the variable cost of r 10 tailing the consumer should expe ia 60 pay from IS to 35 per cent or mo e. above these prices.
 L. s. Schwenck. in charge.