The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-30
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

886 Main street, Bridgeport, Conn,
 September 30, 1918, Tel. Noble 25O.
 Abundant - Grapes, peppers, sweet Corn, Apples, Onions, Sweet Pota- toes.
 Normal-Green tomatoes, cabbage cantaloupes, pears.
 Scarce-Peaches, lima beans string beans, beets,, squash, tomatoes. Eat More Fruits and Vegetables
 and
 Buy Liberty Bonds With What You
 Save.
 Fruits are apparently usurping the field of favor long held by vegetables and wholesalers and growers now re- port good demand for all fruits and slow sales on most vegeta bles. Beets and carrots are the vegetable excep- tions. From being among the first vegetables appearing in the spring right to the present time, beets and carrots have hold freely with few ex- captions and growers today sell out on these two products very quickly Beets are costing retailers from 4 to 5c a bunch and carrots are bringing from 35c to 40c dozen punches or 3 to 3 1-3c a bunch.
 Green tomatoes sold slowly this morning at soc a basket Some pro- ducers are marketing the final crop of ripe tomatoes, exhibiting a wide range in quality and receiving from 40 to 75c a basket according to quail ity. Even yet it is not too late to se- cure a supply for catsup, chilisauce, or tomato conserve (the famous Ital- ian tomato paste; one quart of paste equivalent to 25 quarts of canned to- matoes). Enjoy Fruits While They are Plentiful
 California grapes, both Malaga and Tokay, are plentiful and reasonable in price. Retailers are paying. $2.75, fiat of A pounds for both varieties which is equivalent to II 1-2c a lb. Local grapes and grapes from York State are selling to retailers at $1- $15O a basket.
 All kinds of apples are in demand and reailers are paying from s1.5O to $25O a bushel according to quality, variety, etc.
 According to reports from growers there will be a very light crop of quinces this year, and consumers should place their orders early to in sure getting a supply. Half bushel baskets of quinces are costing retail CTS $1.75 this morning which is equivalent to 10c a quart.
 Apples, 5Oc-S1.50 basket, 4-10c qt s45o-1O.00 barrel, 5-12c quart; local $1-$2.25 basket, 7-Sc quart.
 BananasESouth American, $3-3.50 nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen.
 Beans green, $1.75-2 basket, g. 1-4c quart; wax, $1.75-2 bushel. lima, s325-3.50 bushel, 10 1-2-12 1-2c quart.
 Beets-bunch, 2O-24 punches for $1, Sc bunch.
 Cabbage, s1,5O-$2 barrel 1 1-2-2c pound.
 Cantaloupes-L. I. & N. J., $2.75- s4 crate, 9-10c each; Honey Dew, s2.5O-s3 crate, 40-50c each. Carrots-bunch, So-5Oc dozen, 1-2 and 4c. bunch.
 Corn-loca1 s175-2.25. 21-27c dog; No. 2, $1-1.5O, 12-1Sc dozen. Cucumbers-York State, s1.50- 50 bushel,. 1 1-2-2c each; picking, | S1 hundred. 1c each. Grapes-Malaga $2.50-2.75 fiat, 10 t-4-11 1-4c pound; Tokay, s2.65- 800 flat. 11-13c pound; local, $1-1.25 basket, 1-2-9c pound! Lettuce-head, s1.25 crate, 5c head. Onions@Conn. Valley, $2.502.75 GOO ID. sack) 1-2-2 S-4c pound: local, $1.50-1.75 bushe1. 3 1-2c ID.
 Pears-D'Anjou, s4.25-5.o0 box, 1-4-3c each.
 Oranges-Cal. Val, $s.5O-1o.o0 box.
 Lemons.cal. s5.Oo-s.5o box. 1 1-2- % each.
 Parsley, so-4oc. 2 1-2-s 1-8c bunch. Peaches-Elbertas s20O basket 14c quart: s4.o0-4.25 bushel, IF 1-2- L13 1-4c quart.
 sls Peppers-local s1.25-15O busheI,
 5c quart.
 Peppers-locaL s1.a5-1.5o bushel,