The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-20
Finance, ,RealEState and Insurance
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT

BUREAU OF MARKETS, U. s. DE-
 APARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
 CITY MARKET REPORTING SER-
 VICE. Tel. Barnum 7o11. Fairfield County
 Court House.
 Aug. 20, 1919
 Abundant-Carrots, cabbage, sum- mer squash, cucumbers, sweet corn, beets tomatoes, apples. ..
 NOrmal-Lemons, oranges, canta- lOupcs, string beans, potatoes, let tuce, onions.
 Scarcc-Celery, peas, caulifiower, lima beans. shell beans.
 Tomato Weck-Cucumbers for
 Piclling.
 This week should be tomato week for the Bridgeport housewife. Ac- cording to the consensus of opinion expressed by growers the late crop of tomatoes will not be heavy and the wary dnd intelligent housewife will buy her supply of tomatoes this week at the lowest prices likely to be obtained this season. Retailers paid this morning 75c for fancy to- matoes in baskets GA qts.) with poorer grades bringing 50 to Csc a basket according to quality.
 Cucumbers are so plentiful that growers are having trouble in market ing their crop. Table "cukes'' were selling at the rate of $1.OO to $2.50 per 100 or l to 2k c each according to quality. Pickle sized cucumbers are becoming more plentiful and now is the time to make arrangements with your dealer for a winter sup ply.
 Peach baskets containing A qts. of small cukes were selling at S1.00 to S125 on the Farmers Market this morning.
 Car of California Grapes Arrive. California grapes should be plenti- full the rest of the season. An ex- press car of Malaga grapes from California, the first car lot shipment of the season to arrive in Bridgeport, was reported this morning and fresh supplies are expected to come in all most daily.
 A car contains from 1000 to 1900 boxes, each box holding about 24 pounds of grapes. These boxes were selling at $3 to $3.25 a box or 12 1-2 to 13 1-2 cents a pound. At these prices consumers should be able to include grapes frequently in the menu.
 The following are wholesale prices. The consumer should expect to pay on the average from 20 to 40 per 1 cent. above those prices to cover the | retailers cost of doing business and | hlS legitimate profits. Quantity in ! formation is the approximate amount | of produce on the Farmers Market l Beans, 65 bushel, $1.25-s175 bushe1, | 4c-6c quart. Beets, TT punches 4O-60c dozen l punches, 3 1-2-5c bunch. l Cabbage 42 bbls., $1.25-s1.75 bb1., | 4c-7c head.
 Carrots 3s dozen punches. s5-4oc dozen punches, 3-3 1-2c bunch. l Cucumbers, 65 bu., s1-s2.5O per 1 100, 1-2 1-2c each. Lettuce, N. Y., $2-s2.50 case, sc- Onions, s3.75-$5.5O cwt., 3 3-4c-5 1-2c ID.
 Potatoes. L. l., s2.25-$2.5O bushel, i 56-62 1-2c peck. Potatoes, 195 bushel, s225-s2. 50 bushel, 56-62 1-2c peck l Sweet Corn 2,5OO ears, s1.75-s22 25 per 100, 21-27c dozen. 1 Sweet Corn, fancy, S2.50-s2.75 per 100, 3O-33c dozen. Summer Squash, 65 dozen, 15-3Oc ! dozen, 1-2 1-2c each. | Tomatoes, 33S baskets, 50-75c bas- ket, 4 1-2c-5 1-2c at. Pickle Cucumbers S1-s1.25 basket i FRUITS Apples. all grades, s1.0O-$S.50 per | bushel, 3-11c quart.
 Cantaloupes, Cal, s3-s350 crate, | 7-Sc each.
 Grapes, Cal, sS-$3.25 flat, 12 1-2- | 13 1-2c ID.
 Lemons, s5s6.50 box, 17-25c dozen. | Oranges, S5-S7 box, 2S-4Sc dozen. l Peaches, Ark, S3-S4.50 bu., 1O-15c ! quart.
 Peaches, L. Cal, 75c-$1.15 basket l 1-2c-15 1-2c quart. Pears, Cal, s4s4.50 box, ? 1-2-3c ] each.
 Burton W. SheTburne, in Charge City Market Reporting Service. { matter of great importance and ur-