The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-25
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

Bridgeport, Conn.,: Oct. 25, 1918, S86 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.
 NORMAL-Pears, Cabbage, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips.
 SCARCE-Lma Beans, String Beans, Squash, Tomatoes, Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruit, Quinces.
 Take Advantage of Vegetable Bargains
 Many real bargains in vegetables are offered to the Bridgeport house. wives at the present time. Sweet po- tatoes have been very reasonable in retailers are paying but Sc to 1-3c a pound for the best grades. Connecticut Valley onions have
  growers are now storing the crop rather than ship. Two bushel sacks are selling to retailers at $1.75 to $2 or l 3-4c to Pc pound. It is not too soon to store a winters supply of onions and retailers will be glad to quote special prices on quantities for storage. GIaced Sweet Potatoes Wash and pare medium sized sweet potatoes. Cook in boiling salt ed water until soft. Drain, cut in halves lengthwise; and put in a but l tered pan. Make a syrup by boiling 3 minutes, 1-2 cups corn syrup and 2 tablespoons water. Add 1 table spoon butter. Brush potatoes with syrup and bake until brown, basting twice with remaining syrup.
 These prices represent the ap- | proximate cost to the retailer when buying in unbroken packages. On account of the variable costs of retail 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 legitimate profits. | Apples-good, 5Gc-$1.5O basket, 4. 1Oc quart; $4.5O-$6 barrel. 5-7c at local, $1-2.25 basket, 7-Sc quart.
 Bananas-South America, $3.25. $50 nine hands, 25-30o dozen. Beans-green, $1.75-2.00 bushel, 5. 1-4c quart; wax, $1.75-2.00 busheI 5 1-4-6 1-4c quart; lima, $2.50-3.OC bushel, 7-so quart.
 Beets-bunch, 20-24 punches fol $1, 5c bunch.
 Cabbage, s1.5o-s2 barrel, 1-2-2' |, pound.
 Canta1oupes-Honey Dew, $2.25 2.75 crate; 40-45c each. . Carrots-cut. 75o basket. Corn-local, $1.5o-2.o0 bushel, 12 24c dozen. Celery s1.75 dozen punches, 15 bunch.
 Cucumbers- State, s4 crate 5c each.
 7 Grapes-Malaga, $2.5o-2.75 fai : 10 1-4-11 1-4c pound; Tokays, $2.65 2.75 flat, 12-1Sc pound. Lettuce-head, $1.25 crate, 5o head
 Onions-Conn Valley. s1.75-2.0
 cwt., 2-2 1-2c pound; local, $1.25-1.7 = busheI, S-S 1-4c pound. Pears-DAn5ou, $4.25-s5 bo, 2 3 1-4-3c each. [ oranges-ca1.. $14 box, 5so-s1.5 dozen.
 2 Lemons-cal., s8-s1O box, 1-2-s < each.
 Parsnips-local, s2 bushe1. 5ec peek # Peppers-local, S2-$2.T5 barrel, : 4c quart.
 i Potatoes-local, $2-s210 bushe r 5oc peck; Maine, s1.6o-s1.s0 bushe
 97-45o peck; sweet, $4.2S-$5.5O bal
 rel. g 1-4-3c pound. s Quinces, $1.25-$2 basket, 7o-st e peck.
 Is Endive, s1 barrel, 1oc peck. 6 Tomatoes-ripe, $1.26-S1.50 bushe
 A 8-4c quart; green, 4o-50c baske
 1-2-4c quart. b These prices represent the ar 5s proximate cost to the retailer whe e. buying in unbroken packages. O ,r account of the variable costs of rt
 tailing the consumer should expect {
 pay from 20 to 40 per cent. over thet te prices to cover the retailers costs d doing business and his &egitima Ie profits.
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