The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-26
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Nov. 26, 1918 S86 Main street. Tel. Noble 250.
 Market Guide for BridgepOrt

Consumers.
 Prepared by the local City Market ing Agent of the Bureau of Markets, U S. Department of Agriculture, Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce and Bridgeport Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, Cooperating.
 ABUNDANT-Apples, cabbage, on- ions, potatoes, turnips.
 NORMAL - Beets, bananas. car- rots, spinach, squash, sweet potatoes, lemons, cauliflower, oranges, grapes.
 SCARCE-Beans, cranberries, pep pers, pears, lettuce, grapefruit.
 Two Carloads of Thanksgiving
 Celery.
 Celery is received in markets in this city in a. very satisfactory condition and the housewife has an opportunity to secure crisp and nutty celery for Thanksgiving. The shipped in product, fresh from the fields receives it's cleaning and punching sufficient only to meet daily demands. When treated in the above manner the flavor and crispness is not impaired. Celery in the regular 12 stalk punches costs the retailer from 65c to S5c per bunch. Celery hearts or the very tender inner portion of the plant comes tied in punches having to 4 stalks and costs soc per dozen punches wholesale. The flat bunch of three stalks costs from $1.5O to $2.O0 per dozen punches wholesale.
 Sweet Potatoes and Cranberries higher
 The cranberries in need of sugar and the sweet potatoes that contain it in abundance are both higher than other Thanksgiving vegetables. The sweet potato harvest season has clos ed the product is perishable unless dried and this operation warrants a slight advance in the prices charged. Sweet potatoes are costing retailers from 51ac to 6c per pound. The early varieties of cranberries that were selling for 1Oc per quart whole sale have been cleaned up and a fresh supply of very firm berries are avail able costing retailers from II F c to 13c per quart. Turkey Prices.
 Turkey prices have received consid- erabIe comment. Wholesalers prices given through the Local Food Admin istration are listed as follows: Retailers Consumers Pays Pays Turkeys fresh killed, ID. ID.
 large .47-49c 50-55c Fresh killed, box packed ...4S-49c 50-55c Fresh killed, ice packed 45c 4S50t These prices represent the approxi mate cost to the retailer when buying in unbroken packages. Consumers should expect to pay on the average | from 20 to 40 per cent. to cover the retailers costs of doing business ant his legitimate profits.
 Beets, $125 bushel, 1-2-Sc ID
 Beans, Southern, $3.5O4.5O bushel 9-13c quart.
 Celery, bleached, 65-s5c dozen, 61z | 7c stalk
 Carrots, $1.oo-s1.5o hundred weight; II hc rb.
 Cabbage, $125-$2.O0 barrel, 1 1-2 Pc pound.
 Calihower, $2.OO-2.5O crate, 15-25c head.
 Lettuce, head, $2.75-$3.OO crate 11c-121ac c head. Onions, Conn. Valley, $1.75-$2.2j 1 cwt., 1 3-4-2 1-4c pound
 Peppers, $1-$1.5O bushel, 3-4c at. Potatoes, Maine, $2.5O-$2.9O cwt. S7 -43A c peck; sweet, $2.75-2.8t bushel, 5 h-6c pound Parsnips, S150-$1.75 busheI. | Squash, winter, $1.50$2 bushet 1 1-2-2c pound.
 Spinach, $2.25-$2.75 barrel, 1928, peck.
 Turnips yellow, $1.OO-15O cwt. | F e pound. Fruits
 Apples, fancy, $6-$7.5O barrel, s1 $1.25 basket; local, Baldwin, $4.50 $6 barrel 75c-$1.OO basket; western fancy, $2.50-$3.75 box, 18-40c dozen
 Bananas, g hands, S4.OO bunch, S5 dozen.
 Grapes, Spanish, $8Oo-$12.OO keg 16-24c pound; Emperor, $2.50-3.2! box, 1O-15c pound.
 Grapefruit, Florida, $45O-5.OO, 6 15c each.
 Lemons, Cal. $6.OO-$s.oO box, 22 28c dozen.
 a Pears, Fancy Cal, $3.75-45O, 3K 4Ac each
 Oranges. Florida, $45O-55O crate 2S45c dozen.
 Cranberries, $115O-13.OO bushel Ii b-13c nound