The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-01
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
REPORT
Bridgeport, Conn, Nov. 1, 1918
1856 Main Street. Tel. Noble $50.
Market Guide for Bridgeport

900 MAIN street. Tel. Noble Z5U.
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 - Grapes, Apples,
Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes,
Spinach, Cabbage.
NORMAL - Pears, Beets, Carrots,
Parsnips, Peppers, Green Tomatoes.
SCARCE - Lima Beans, String
Beans, Squash, Tomatoes, Oranges,
Lemons, Grape Fruit, Ounces.
Plenty of Apples for Bridgeport Con-
sumers
The local city marketing agent of
the BurenT Of Markets, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, again wishes to
emphasize the fact to the Bridgeport
| consumers that there is an abundant
supply of all kinds of apples. Poorer
grades are especially plentiful and
| should be purchased when their use
| does not require a more. expensive
grade. If you haven't a supply of
canned apples or apple butter, it is
not too late to put down supply. A
little more time may be required in
preparing the poorer grades of ap-
pies but the finished product is just
as satisfactory and a saving of money
has been effected, as well as saving
in perishable food product.
Give the City Dehydrate Chance
Bring a supply of apples to the city
| dehydrating plant and have them
dried. A very nominal charge is made
for drying, namely small percentage
| of the finished product. A plentiful
supply of dried apples will be very ac-
ceptable for pies, buildings, dumplings'
and sauce when winter seals every
thing up tight and the housewife is
put to it to plan appetizing meals for
the family.
| These prices represent the approx
innate cost to the retailer when buy
ing in unbroken packages. On &C
count of the variable costs of retail
ing due to rentals, delivery service
shrinkage, ETC., the consumer should
expect to pay from 20 to 40 per cent
above these prices to cover the re-
tai1er's costs of doing business and mis-
legitimate profits.
Apples-good, 5O-$1.50 basket, Alt
cents quart; $4.5O-$6 barrel, SIC 81
local, S1-2.25 basket, 7-8c quart.
Bananas-South America, 1920
$50 nine hands, 25-30c dozen.
Beans-green, s2.25 bushel, 5-6At
ouart: wax s2.25 bushel 5A 6A
quart: lima, $2.5O-$3.O0 bushel, 7c-9e
quart.
81, sc bunch.
Cabbage-s1.75-$2 barrel, 1hc-2e
pound.
Cantaloupes-Honey Dew, $3.2s
crate, 40c-45c each.
Carrots-cut, 75c basket
Celery, $1.75 dozen punches, 1T
bunch.
Grapes-Malaga, So fiat, ~ lie
pound; Tokay, $S-3.25 fat, II 1-2
Lettuce~head. s2,25 barrel, 81
head.
Onions-Conn. Valley. $1.75-$i
cwt.. p lac pound; local, $1.25-1.7;
, bushel. SO lac pound.
, Pears-D'Anjou, $4.25-s5 box, 2 l..
and &c pound.
oranges-Ca1., $1O-14.oO box, 53c
$3.50 dozen.
Pargnips-local, 81 bushel, So
peck.
4c quart.
Potatoes-local, $2-2.1o bushel, So
peck; Maine, $15O-1.So bushel, 81
45c peck; sweet, sz.25-6.5o barrel
2 lido pound.
ounces, $125-$2 basket. 1890
peck.
, Endive, 81 barrel, 10c peck.
Tomatoes-ripe, $1.25-1.5O basket
: 4c-4&c quart; green. $f.25 basket
Sh-4 quart.
United States Department of
Agriculture,
H. S. SCHWENK,
In charge
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