The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-24
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

 986 Main St. Tel. Noble 250.
 Abundant - Grapes, peppers, sweet corn, apples, onions, sweet potatoes. Normal-Tomatoes plums, cabbage | cantaloupes, potatoes Scarce-Peaches, pears, lima beans, string beans, beets. squash.
 Demand on Fruit Good. Heavy receipts characterized the Farmers Market at the foot of Wall Street today. Demand on fruits was ! good but most vegetables sold slowly. Native grapes, cantaloupes, watermel- ons, and apples sold without difficulty but the prolonged season on most veg etables has resulted in a very weak demand for these products. Corn and tomatoes were not plenti- full this morning but hucksters have difficulty in selling small quantities and retailers report but very little de- mand on tomatoes so that a small supply at present is adequate for the demand. Green tomatoes for pickles are selling more freely than the ripe ! vegetables and are bringing soc basket GA quarts) and $1.00 bush el. The ripe tomatoes are selling at 6O-80c basket and 7O-90c crate or | about 4-6c quart. Sweet corn is selling to retailers at 1 $1.75-$2.25 according to quality. Some 1 sales on fancy grades were made as high as $2.50 hundred but the pre- vailing prices were $2.OO-s2.25. Native grapes of the we'll known Concord and Worden varieties are selling quickly at $1.O0s1.25 per IA | quart basket or about 7-9c a quart. Wild grapes for jelly are occasionally offered at $1.00 a basket. Native watermelons find a ready sale at 35-40c each and housewives l are advised as to the excellent qual- l ity of the native melon this year.
 Malaga grapes have again advanced in price and are now costing retail CTS $25O-$2.75 for flat crate of 24 pounds capacity which is equivalent to 10 A Il F c pound. l Apples, 5Oc-$1.5O basket, 4-10c at. s4.5O-$s barrel, 5-Sc quart. Local $1-2.25 basket, 7-Sc quart. Bananas-South America, $S-350 nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen.
 Beans-green, $1.75-2 bushel, 3-4- 1-,4c quart. Wax, $2 bushel, 1-4c quart. Lima, $3.25-3.5O bushel, 10 1-2-12 1-2c quart.
 Beets-bunch, 20 punches for $1, Sc bunch.
 Cabbage s2-2.25 barrel, 2-2 s-4c pound.
 Cantaloupes-Long Island, s2.75- $4.0O crate, 9-1Oc each. Honey Dew $25O-$3.O0; 4O-5Oc each.
 Carrots,-30-5Oc dozen; 2k-4c a bunch.
 Corn-local, s1.75-2 hundred. 21- 27c dozen. No. 2, s1-1.5O hundred, 12-1Sc dozen.
 cucumbers-York State, $1.5O-1. .6o bushel 1 1-2-2c each. Picking, $1
 per hundred, 1c each.
 Grapes-Malaga, $2.50-$275 flat, , 1OA -11Ac pound; tokay, $500 flat; ket, 77z SC pound. Lettuce-head, s1.25 crate. Sc head. Onions-Conn. Valley, $2.5O-2.75
 GOO ID. sacs) 1=2-2 S-4c pound. Lo cal, $1.5O-$1.75 bushel, 1-2c pound. Pears-D'Anjou $3.5O-4.5O box 1-4-Sc each. Oranges-Cal. Valley, s9.0o-$9.50 a box; 4o-75c dozen. q Lemons-Cal., $5-6.50 box, 1-2-2t
 each.
 Parsley, 3O-4Oc:, 3 1-2-3 1-3c bunch Peaches-Fancy Elbertas, $2 bas ket, 14c quart; s4.00$3.25 bushel, F 4i 12-13 1-4c quart.
 Peppers-local, $1.5O bushel, 3-5C quart.
 Potatoes-Maine $1S5-2 bushel, 5t . cts. peck. Local, $2 bushel, soc peck
 sweet, $6.5O-$725 barrel. 54-60c peck
 Endive. s1 barrel, 1oc peck. ---
 Squash, 30-35c dozen, 1-2-3c II = Swiss Chard, s1 dozen punches 1-3c bunch. Tomatoes Local 75-90c crate, A. | 3-4c quart; 60c-S5c basket, 1-2-4c at. 1 Cars on track at a. mi grapes 1 pears; 1 bananas; ? onions; pota 3 toes; l oranges; 1 apples. l These prices represent approximate ly the cost to the retailer when buy = ing due to rentals, delivery service 3 shrinkage, etc, the consumers should t expect to pay from Is to 95 per cent Q or more above the prices quoted il . these columns.
 = U. S. Department of Agriculture e L. S. Schwenck. in charge.
 Local Market Reporting Service