The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL- TURF BUREAU OF MARKETS.

Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 24, 1918. S66 Main Street, Tel. Noble 250.
 ABUNDANT - MELONS, TOMA- TOES, CORN, POTATOES, GRAPES, PEARS, PEACHES.
 NORMAL CANTALOUPEs, SQUASH. CABBAGE, PEPPERS. PLUMS.
 SCARCE - SWEET POTATOES, APPLES, LIMA BEANS, LETTUCE, STRING BEANS.
 Heavy Receipts-Trading Brisk
 Today as 8 record breaking day at the Farmers Market at the foot of Wall St., with over 40 growers report ing. Every load had some consign- ment of tomatoes and corn and de- mand as good on all produce. Good tomatoes sold freely at $1.00 a crate with poorer grades selling at SO-9oc mostly soc. Baskets were bringing 75c as the price retailers paid for fancy stock with correspondingly lower prices on poorer grades. Re- tailers were buying heavily, stocking up for the week end trade of fresh vegetables and housewives should consult the abundant list as to the best buys that she can make. All kinds of tomatoes were offered, fan cy stock for table and canning, poor CT grades for catsup, chilli sauce and soup. It is hoped that housewives have their canning done on this stock l but prices are still such that toma- l toes can be economically canned and figure muchl ess than canneries can offer. No quotations are available yet as to what cannery goods will cost but the price will undoubtedly be high.
 Sweet Corn Selling Freely l Sweet corn was firm, sales on. extra fancy stock were made at $2.75 with | dozen. All grades of seconds com prised of nubbins, old stock, heated stock could be bought at $1.00-$2 ac- cording to condition. California Fruits arc Plentiful Daily carload receipts of pears, peaches and grapes from California have made these fruits abundant on the Bridgeport Markets. Housewives are advised that most of these fruits are offered at very reasonable prices Pears are costing retailers from S3- 1 S4.50 a box of about 165 pears or g. Sc each. Grapes are selling at $2.50- | s2.75 for a 24 pound box or 1O- II 1-2c a pound. A carload of sweet potatoes is now offered at $8.75 a | barrel wholesale or 73c a peck whole sale.
 Apples, Jersey, 9-1oc quart; local, 1 Sc quart.
 Bananas, South America, 25-soc dozen.
 Beans, green, 4-5c quart; wax 4 3-4c-5 12c quart. Beets, bunch, 4-5c bunch.
 Cabbage, 1 1-2-2c pound.
 Cantaloupes, southern, 7-9 1-2c each; western, 99 1-2c each; Ariz. and Cal l flats, 13-16c each. | Carrots, bunch, 21-2-Sc bunch. Corn, local, 27-33c dozen; No. 2, 12- 24c dozen.
 Cucumbers, southern, % each; local 1 1-22 1-2c each; No. 2, 1-4c each. Lettuce, head, 3-4c head; Boston head, 10-11c each.
 Onions, Conn. Valley, A 1-2c pound; local 78c quart; rareripes, 2-3c bunch.
 Oranges, Cal Val, 4o-75c dozen. Lemons, Cal, 2 S-4Sc each.
 Parsley, 3 1-3c bunch.
 Peaches, 14-16c quart, 11-13c quart.
 Peppers, local, 3-5c quart
 Potatoes, new, 39-55c peck; local, 42-4Sc peck.
 Squash, 2 1-2-3c each.
 Swiss Chard, S1-3c bunch.
 Tomatoes. local, 4 1-2-5c quart; 4- Sc quart.
 Eggplant, 7c each.
 Cars on track at g a. m.-5 banan- as; 2 peaches, (California); pears; l sweet potatoes; onions; l melons. These prices represent approxi- mately the cost to the retailer when buying in the original package. On account of the variable costs of re- tailipg due to retailer, delivery ser vice, shrinkage, etc.. the consumer should expect to pay from 15 to 35 per cent. or more above the prices quoted in these columns.
 H. s. Schwenk, in charge,