The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-03
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
Bridgeport, Conn, Sept, 3, 1918.

8s6 Main street.. Tel Noble 25o.
 Abundant - Tomatoes. potatoes, grapes, pears peaches.
 Normal-Cantaloup squash, cab- bage, peppers, plums, corn.
 Scarce Sweet potatoes, apples, lima beans, lettuce, string beans.
 After Labor Day, Demand Good
 After a two days closing. the Farm CTS Market at the foot of Wall street opened up this morning (Tuesday) with a good supply of all reasonable crops and a fair demand for most pro- duce.
 Sweet Potatoes Much Lower
 New shipments of sweet potatoes have caused a drop in prices so that this vegetable can be bought by re- tailers for $7.00-S25 barrel or GA 75c 8 peck. With the advancing of the season this crop undoubtedly will be much cheaper. Shipped in white potatoes are selling at $1.75-2.00 a bushel competing with the local crop at this same price.
 Pear Movement Good
 Pears are selling well at reasonable prices, native Bartletts selling at $3.50 a. bushel or s1.75 basket. A very fine quality of pears are being handled and a good supply of, this fruit should be canned.
 Tomatoes Still Plentiful
 The week opened with good SUD- ply of this vegetable and to forestal any possibility of glut, consumers should immediately buy quantities for soups sauce, and for pickles and can- nings. Very low prices exist and special quotations are given on puan- titles. Baskets sold this morning at 50 -65c with most sales at COG. The pre- vailing price on crates was 75c with a few sales made both above and be- low this figure.
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 Hubbard Squash Makes First Ap- pearance
 The first receipts of Hubbard squash came in this morning and pie lovers will rejoice to know that squash pies are soon to be a reality. The stock marketed this morning was small and sold for 25c each whole sale. A much finer quality product will be available lated. Apples, $2.50-$3.25 bushel, 8-10c quart, local $1.00-2.25 basket, 7-8c quart.
 Bananas, South America, $3-$3.50 nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen, Beans, green, $2 bushel, 6 1-4c quart; wax, $2 bushel, 14c quart; lima $225-3O0 bushel, 7-9 1-2c quart Beets, bunch, 2O-26 punches for i $1.0O, 4-5c bunch.
 Cabbage $2.oo barrel, 2-2 3-4c l pound.
 Cantaloupes, Long Island, s5.5o- s5.50 barrel 13-15c each; New Mexico i Cal.standards, $4. .0O-$ .25, ,9-9 1ac each Gems and pinks (fats) $2, 14-16c each. Carrots, bunch, 3o-s5c dozen, IA 4c bunch.
 Corn, local, $2.OO-275 hundred, 27 33c dozen. No. 2, $1.OO-2.00 hundred 12-14c dozen.
 Cucumbers, hot house, $4 basket COOS 6-6 3-4c each; local $1.25-l.5( crate, 1-2-2 1-2c each.
 Grapes, California, $1.S5-2.O0 flat 7-8 1-3c pound. Lettuce, head, 75c-$1 box, ,3-4 head; Boston head, $2.50$2.75 bo. e doz), 10-11c each.
 Onions, Conn. Valley, $3.O0-3.2; I $2-2.5O bushel, 7-Sc quart; rarertpes zoe dog. punches, 1 2-3c bunch. 1 Oranges, Cal, Valley, $9-9.50 box 4O-75c dozen.
 Lemons, Cal, sS.5O-$a box, 2 S-4- Sc each.
 GOO ID. sack) 3-3 1-4c pound, local
 Peaches, $1.35-s1.65 flat, 14-16 quart; fancy Jersey Elbertas $2.50 $50 crate, 14Ac quart. | Parsley, 4Oc dozen, 1-3c bunch.
 Peppers, local, $1.50 bushe1, S5 quart.
 Potatoes, new, $4.25-$6 barrel, 3s 55c peck; local, $1.85-2.O0 bushel, 46 soc peck; sweet, $7.OO-8.25 barrel, 64 75c peck.
 Endive, s1 barrel. Squash, 30-35c dozen, 2 1-2-3, each.
 Swiss Chard. $1 dozen punches, 1-3e bunch.
 Tomatoes, local, 70-8Oc crate, A A i quart; 5O-65c basket, A A c quart. | Eggplant, $1.00 dozen, 7c each. l Cars on track at a. m. (new ar | rivals-1-- peaches (New. Jersey); = pears; 1 bananas; oranges; grapes; 1 lemons.
 These prices represent the approxi mate cost the retailer has to pa, when buying in the original package On account of the variable cost of re tai1ing the consumer should expec to pay from 15 to 35 per cent or mor above these prices.
 L. S. Schwenck. in charge.