The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-17


 SS6 Main Street. Tel. Noble zbU.
 Market Guide for Bridgeport
 Consumers
 Prepared by the Local City Mar keting Agent of the Bureau of Mar Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce and Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetables Growers Association, Cooperating. ABUNDANT - Grapes. Peppers, Sweet Corn, Apples, Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Green Tomatoes. NORMAL-Pears, Cabbage, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Quinces.
 SCARCE-Lima Beans, String Beans, Squash, Tomatoes, Peaches.
 Big Demand for Citrus Fruits. Fruits, especially citrus fruits, are occupying the lime light in the Bridgeport markets at present. A car of California oranges received yester- | day containing 462 boxes with sizes ranging from (126's) to (324s) sold out very rapidly at $14 box. This price is equivalent to $1.33 per dozen as the cost to the retailer for the 1 largest size and 52c a dozen for the smallest size. These new prices rep resent an increase of over 40 per cent. above the quotations of a week ago. Hospitals everywhere have put in a standing order for this fruit and there is nklihood for even higher prices. | Lemons selling week ago at $500 to | $500 a box are now costing retailers | $500 a box or an increase of about 1 40 to 50 per cent. A car of fancy Indian River grapefruit from Florida was offered to the trade at $500 to l $500 @ box.
 Don't Neglect Vegetable Bargains. Housewives exempt from the ne cessity of buying oranges and lemons on physicians orders, should con- centrate their purchases on the vege- tables listed as abundant and prevent a loss to the growers of both perisha- ble goods and money. | These prices represent the approxi- mate cost to the retailer when buying 1 in unbroken packages. Consumers should expect to pay, on the average, an advance over these prices of from 20 to 40 per cent. to cover the retail CTS costs of doing business and his | legitimate profit.
 Apples-good, 5Oc-S1.50 basket, A. I0c quart; $45O-$6 barrel, 5-7c at; local, $1-225 basket, 7-8c quart.
 Bananas-South America, $3.00- $3.5O Chine hands) 25-S0c dozen.
 Beans-green, $1.75-$2.OO bushe1 5-6 1-4c quart; wax, $1,75-$2.00 bshl 1-4-6 1-4c quart; lima, $2.50-$3.0L bushel, 7-9c quart
 Beets-bunch, 2O-24 punches fol $1, sc bunch.
 Cabbage, $1.5O-$2 bushel, 1-2c-2c pound.
 Canta1oupes-Honey Dew, $2.25' $275 crate, 4O-45c each.
 Carrots-bunch, 9O-50c bunch 1-2-4c bunch.
 Corn-local, $15O-s2 bushel, 12-24, dozen; No. 2, $1.0O-$1.25- busheI, 12 1Sc dozen.
 Cucumbers-York State, s4 bushel 5c each; pickling $1.O per 100, 1c each
 Grapes-Malaga $2.5O$2.75 flat 1OH-11Ac pound; Tokay, $2.652.7E fiat 12-13c pound; local, $1.50-1.7E fiat, 7-9c pound.
 Lettuce-head, SIPS crate, SC head
 Onions-Conn. Valley, $2.OO-$3.Ot sack, 2-3c pound; local, $1.50$1.7j bushel, S-3A pound.
 Pears -D'Anjou, $4.25-$5.00 box 3 1-4-3c pound.
 Oranges - Cal. Valley, s14 box 53c-$1.4 dozen.
 Lemons-Cal., s7.5u box, 2-2Ac each. Parsley-Iocal, 3O-40c, 2 1-2-S 1-S bunch.
 Peaches -Elbertas, $2.OO basket 14c quart; $4.OO$4.25 bushel, 12 1-2 quart to 13 1-4c.
 Peppers-local, $1.00-$1.25 bushe, 9-4c quart.
 Potatoes-local, $2.OO bushel, 50 peck; Maine, $1.50-1.SO bushel, 37-45 peck; sweet, $4.25-5.5O barrel, PA 8 pound.
 ouinces, s125-$1.65, basket, 70 zoe peck.
 Endive-local, $1.OO barrel, 10 peck.
 Ripe, $1.25-1.50 basket 4-4%c quart; green, 40-5Oc basket 31a 4c quart.
 United States Department of
 Agriculture,
 H. s. SCHWENK,