The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-21
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
Bridgeport, Conn.,. Oct. 21, 1918 SS6 Main Street. Tel. Noble zbV.
 Market Guide for Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct. 21, 1918. sS6 Main Street. Tel. Noble zbU.
 Market Guide for Bridgeport Consumers Prepared by the Local City Mar keting Agent of the Bureau of Mar kets, U. S. Department of Agriculture Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce and Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetables Growers Association, Cooperating. ABUNDANT Grapes, Peppers, | Apples, Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Green Tomatoes, Potatoes. NORNtAL-Pears, Cabbage, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Quinces.
 SCARCE-Lima Beans, String Beans, Squash, Tomatoes, Peaches, Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruit.
 Receipts Dwindling on Farmers Market. | Receipts were light on the Farmers Market on Wall street this morning. l Many producers, who heretofore have had to put up loads for Monday morning, are now enjoying a much needed rest on Sunday and bring in their first loads on Tuesday. The fact | that no killing frosts have occurred as yet, has extended the growing season l of many tender vegetables way be- yond the usual period and demand on 1 these vegetables has simply died. Sup plies of lima, green and wax beans as well as summer squash and cucum- bers are available but there is very little demand. Root crops at present dominate the market. Cut carrots, beets, parsnips, turnips, potatoes, are in fair supply with good demand on native "spuds."
 Fruit Selling Well.
 Al kinds of fruit, appes, pears, quinces and grapes sell freely with a good demand on all fancy grades. These prices represent approxi- matey the cost to the retailer when buying in the original package. On account of the variable costs of re- tailing the consumers should expect to pay, on the average, an advance over these prices of from 20 to 40 per cent. to cover the retailers costs of doing business and his legitimate profits.
 Apples-Good, 50c-s15O basket, A. 1Oc qt; $4.5O-6.00 barrel, 5-7c qt.; local, $1-2.25 basket, 7-Sc quart. Bananas - South America, S3.25-
 $3.5O (nine hands) 25-3Oc dozen. Beans-green, $1.75-$2.OO bushel
 5-6 1-4c quart; wax, $1.75-$2.00 bshl
 51-4 1-4c quart; Lima, s2.50-S9
 bpshel, 7-9c quart.
 Beets-bunch, 20-24 punches fol s1, 5c bunch. Cabbage, $1.5O-$2 bushel. 1-2c-2s pound.
 Cantaloupes-Hon Dew, s2.25' S2.75 crate, 4o-45c each.
 Carrots - 3O-5Oc dozen punches 27a 4c bunch.
 Corn-local, s15o-s2 bushel, 12-24e
 dozen; No. g.. s1.o0-$1.25 bushel, 12. 18c dozen. Cucumbers - York State, $4 crate 5c each.
 Grapes-Malaga, $25O-s2.75 fiat 1oA-11Ac pound; Tokay. $2.65-2.75 fiat, 12-19c pound; local, $1.5o-1'75 fiat 79c pound Lettuce-head. s125 crate, 5c head , Onions Conn. Valley, S2-2.25 crate, 2-2Ac pound: local, s1.5O-1.75
 bushei. a-3Ac pound. Pears-D'Anjou, s4.25-$5.oo box . 9 1-4-Sc pound. Oranges = Cal. Valley. s14 box, : 53c-s1.40 dozen. Lemons - Cal, $7OO-s.oo box. g.
 2hc each. Parsley-Loca1. sO-4Oc. $40 bunch. f Peppers-local, s1.00-S1.25 bu8he! l S-4c quart. Potatoes-locaI, s2.O0 bushel, 5Oc l peck; Maine, s1.50-2.OO bushel, 3745c F peck; sweet, $4.25-5.5O barrel, ? 4 sc 7 pound.
 Quinces, $1.25-s1.65, basket. TO- soc peck.
 g Endive-loca:. $1.0O barrel, 1Ot peck.
 Tomatoes-Ripe, s1.25-1.5o basket