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

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Sept. g, 1918. 8S6 Main street., Tel. Noble 250.
 Abundant - tomatoes, apples, po- tatoes, grapes, pears.
 Normal-Cantaloup squash, cab- bage, peppers, pIums, corn, sweet po- tatoes
 Scarce-Lima beans, lettuce, string beans beets peaches.
 Good Supply of Fruits A very exsellent supply of fruits is available to the Bridgeport consum- CTS at very reasonable prices. Con- cord grapes are a new item on the fruit list and fruit lovers can secure fancy fruit at moderate prices. Re tailers are paying 35c for a four quart grape basket Consumers who in- tend to put up crab apple jelly are advised that now is the time to order supply from their retailers. Grow CTS are receiving $1.25 to $1.50 a 16 quart basket for fancy fruit. Poorer grades, small, and gnarley, can be bought at lower prices. Cantaloupes Moving Well 1 Cantaloupes are one of the cheap est and best fruits available for the 1 Bridgeport consumer today. Ship ments are coming from Long Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Colorado and New Mexico. Crates are selling at $2.50 to $3.50, according to number and quality, with retailers paying any where from 6c to 15c a melon.
 Bartlett Pears Fine for Canning
 Bartlett pears have been available for the public for some time and prices are probably as low as they will get Pears in bushels ripe for can ming were costing retailers sS to $3.25 this morning. Now is the time to or der a supply of pears for canning.
 Farmers Market Weakening
 Small receipts characterized the farmers markets at the foot of Wal steet today (Monday). Demand or plies were quickly exhausted. Toma. toes moved freely at 45c to 75c bas- ket, with a wide range in quality cor. responding to the wide range in prices Canning stock is still at rock bottom prices and every days delay in buy ing may result in greatly increased prices as the supply is rapidly short ening.
 Apples, 5Oc-$1.25 basket; 4c-9c qt
 local, $1.75-$2.5O basket; 5c-Sc quart Bananas, South America, $3-$3.5t
 nine hands, 25-3Oc dozen.
 Beans, green, $2 bushel, 6 1-4t
 quart; wax, $2 bushel, 1-4c quart
 lima, $3 bushel, 9Hc quart. Beets, bunch, 20-26 punches fol
 $1.OO, 4-5c bunch, 1 Cabbage, s1.9O-$2 barrel, ,2c2h c 1b ! Cantaloupes, New Jersey $2.50-$3 crate, 11c-12c each; New Mexico gems and pinks, flats, $2.OO; 14c-16 each.
 Carrots, bunch, SOc-5Oc dozen, 21A 4c bunch.
 Corn, local, $2-s2.5O hundred, 24c soc dozen; No. 2, $1-$2 hundred 12-24c dozen. Cucumbers, $4-$5 barrel, 2-4c each . local S1.25-$1.5O crate, 1 F 2 F c each Grapes, California, $1.85-$2 crate 7-S1zc fb.
 Lettuce, head, ,75c-s1 box, 3-4c head Boston head, $2$2.25 box c doz)
 S-9c head.
 Onions, Conn. Valley, s2-$225 1O
 1b sack), 3-3Hc tb; local, $1.50-$ , bushel, 3-4c tb; rareripes, 20c doze V punches, 1 2-3c bunch. , Oranges, Cal. Valley, $99.50 box
 40-75c dozen. , Lemons, Cal, $S.5o-$9 box, 2 3-4-
 Sc each.
 |, Parsley, 3Oc40c dozen; 2 1-2-3 1-S
 Peaches, $1.85 flat, 15-16c quart r. Fancy Jersey Elbertas, $3,25-$3.7 ', crate, 15-16c quart. l Peppers, local, $1.25$1.5O bushe V 3-5c quart.
 Potatoes, new, $4.25-$6 barrel, 39
 55c peck; local, $1.S5-2.00 bushel, 46 , soc peck; sweet, $6.25$7.5O barre f 57-6Sc peck.
 Endive, S1 barrel. q Squash, 3O-35c dozen, 1-2-3 g each.
 Swiss Chard, s1 dozen punches, : 1-3c bunch.
 = Tomatoes, local, 65-75c crate, 4-4A Q quart; 45-75c basket, 3 F -4c quart. I Eggplant, $1 dozen, 7-Sc each.
 Cars on track at a. m.-On peaches (New Jersey), one pears, on
 oranges, two grapes.
 These prices represent the approXi
 mate cost the retailer has to pa e when buying in the original packag' d On account of the variable cost of re g lailing the consumer should expec e 60 pay from Is to 35 per cent or mor k above these prices. = L. s. Schwenck. in charge. 1