The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-23

SS6 Main Street. Tel Noble z5U.
 Market Guide for Bridgeport
 Consumers
 Prepared by the Local City Mar keting Agent of the Bureau of Mar. kets, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce and Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetables Growers Association, Cooperating. ABUNDANT - Grapes, Peppers, Apples, Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Green Tomatoes, Potatoes, Spinach.
 NORMALt-Pears, Cabbage, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips. SCARCE-Lilna Beans, String Beans, squash, Tomatoes, Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruit, Quinces. Plenty of Apples Available for All
 Uses.
 Apples are plentiful in the Bridge port Market. While the local crop has been light, other districts have shipped in supplies so that there is an abundance of eating, baking and stor- 4Ge apples. Apples are coming in from the state of Washington, and from Virginia, and Maryland, there fore it is evident that there Is a wide range of producing centers furnishing Bridgeport with apples. For eating. there are Jonathans, Red Mcintosh, Wealthy and Snow; for cooking, Yorks, BaldwinA, Russets, Greetings etc. With so many varieties to choose from and with prices reasonable, Bridgeport consumers should be en- toying their favorite eating and cook ing apples now and also store away a good supply of apples for winters use. For immediate use, windfalls are one of the best fruit bargains on the mar ket and offer an excellent opportunity to put down a supply of apple butter and canned apples Retailers are paying from soc to soc a II quart basket for, such stock\according to | quality ard variety. These prices represent the ap- | proximate cost to the retailer when buying in unbrolen packages On | account of the variable costs of retail l ing the consumer should expect to pay on the average from 20 to 40 per cent. | over these prices to cover the retail CTS costs of doing business and his 1 legitimate profits
 Apples-good, 5Oc-$1.5O basket, A. l 10c quart; S450-S6 barrel, 5-7c at; l local, $1-2.25 basket, 7-Sc quart. Bananas-South America S3.25- $50 nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen. Beans-green, $1.75-2.00 bushel, B. 6 1-4c quart; wax, $1.75-2.OO busheI 5 1-4-6 lie quart; lima, $2.5O-3.OC bushel, 7-9c quart.
 n Q $1, Sc bunch.
 Cabbage, $1.5O-$2 barrel, l 1-2-2e pound.
 aloupes-Honey Dew, S2.25 2.75 crate, 1 1-2-2c pound. 1 Carrots-bunch, 30-35c dozen bchs. ? 1-2-4c bunch.
 Corn-local, $1.5o-2.Oo bushel, 12 24c dozen.
 ' Celery, $1.75 dozen punches, IS. bunch.
 Cucumbers-York State, $4 crate SC each.
 Malaga, $2.5O-2.75 fa7 10 1-4-11 1-4c pound; Tokays, S2.65 PTS fiat, 12-13c pound.
 Lettuce-head, $1.25 crate, sc head
 Onions-Conn Valley, $L75-2.O cwt, 2-2 1-2c pound; local, s125-1.7 bushel, 3-8 1-4c pound.
 Pears-D'Anjou, $4.2S-S5 box ] 2 1-4-3c each.
 Oranges-CaL, $14 box, 53c-s1.5 5 dozen. e ,I Lemons-cal, ss-s1O box, 2 1-2-8 each.
 Parsnips-local, s2 busheI, soc pck
 Peppers-local, s2-s275 barrel, 3 4c quart.
 Potatoes-local, s2-$2.1O bushe1 soc peck; Maine, $15O-S1.80 bushe, . | 87-45c peck; sweet, S425-s5.50 bar rel, 2 1-4-3c pound.
 Quinces, $1.25-$2 basket, 7O-9O peck.
 Endive. $1 barrel, 1oc peck
 Tomatoes-ripe, S1.25-$15O bushe A 3-4c quart; green, 4O-5Oo baske' 3 1-2-4c Q art.
 These prices represent the ap proximate cost to the retailer whel buying in unbroken packages. Ol account of the variable costs of re tailing the consumer should expect | pay from 20 to 40 per cent over thes prices to cover the retailers costs o doing business and his legitimat profits. Times Want Ads. Ono Cent Wore