The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-11
Market Guide for Bridgeport
 Consumers.

Prepared by the Local City Market ing Agent of the Bureau of Markets, U. s. Department of Agriculture, Bridgeport Food Administrator and Conn. Az. College, cooperating.
 Abundant-Cabbage, onions, or- anges, potatoes, turnips.
 Normal-Bananas, beets, carrots, grapefruit, sweet potatoes.
 Scarcc-Apples, c-lery, lemons, let tuce, spinach.
 Bridgeport Well Supplied With Food
 for Cold Snap.
 A feature In the dealings of the City Food Market last week was the increase in the number of car load receipts of produce above the arrivals of the previous week. Wholesalers undoubtedly are expecting a change in the brand of weather that has pre- vailed in this section for the last two weeks. A few cold days followed by a blizzard might seriously handicap the delivery of produce and an abundance in storage would be appre- ciated If the mild weather con- tinues lower prices are predicted be- cause the open weather has facili- tated the handling of produce from storage in greater volume without Interruption keeping the demand for them at normal level. The season has advanced to the extent that Southern produce is now coming in competition with Northern storage crops and without real cold weather the fresh greens from Florida and California are seemingly in greater demand than the staple root crops, onions and cabbage.
 Through the Market Screen.
 Consumers should not complain at the high cost of living when they buy cucumbers at Soc each and are eager for them while tons of yellow turnips raised within the limits of the county are drug on the market at Pc per pound.
 Spinach now comes from Virginia in barrels, from California in crates and Texas in bushel baskets.
 Baldwin apples are getting scarce and Bridgeport's supply is nearly ex- hausted. On the other hand oranges are selling for less per bushel than fancy apples.
 England Is apple hungry. Fruit importers on the other side are pay- ing from SIP to $16 per barrel for American apples
 Potatoes like hay, are too bulky for export shipment under normal condi- tions but Bermuda potatoes are Sell ing for $3.50 per bushel and consum- CTS seem to be taking the bait, while excellent native potatoes are finding slow sales at S1.6O to S1.SO per bushel wholesale.
 The following prices are wholesale prices. Consumers should expect to pay from 20 to 40 per cent. above these prices to cover the retailers cost of doing business and his legiti- mate profits.
 Beets, $1-$1.5o bushel, 2-3o pound
 Cabbage, native, $1.75-s2.25 cwt, 1 3-4-2 14c pound.
 Cabbage. Florida, new, $175-2.5C hamper, 57c pound.
 Celery, s1.25-2.oO dozen, 10 1-2- 13 S-4c stalk. Carrots, 5Oc-s1.25 .bushel, 1-2. 1-4c pound.
 Kale $2.5o-2.eo barrel, 25-2Sc pck
 Lettuce. head. $1.2O-2.10 dozen, 10. 1Sc head.
 Onions, Conn. Valley fancy, s2.oo. 800 cwt., 2-3c pound. Onions, home grown fancy, $1.25. 1.5O busHel, 2 1-23c pound.
 Parsnips, s1.50-2.OO bushel, & 1-2c pound. Potatoes, sweet, s2.75-325 hamper l 1-2-6 1-2c pound; Maine and L. I. $1.5O-1.sO bushel, 97 1-2-45c peck Home grown, s160-1S0 bushel, 40 45c peck; Bermuda, new, s7.50-S.0 0I barrel, 68-T2 3-4c peck Spinach, $2-2.75 bushe1. 1o-18 3-4t pound.
 Turnips, yellow, s1.6O-2.5O cwt 1 1-2-2 1-2c pound. Fruits.
 Apples fancy Baldwins, sS-9.5t barrel, 54 1-2-S6 1-2c peck. Apples, W1nesap. Newtown pippins $3.5O-4 box, 24-6Oc peck.
 Bananas, hands, $3-3.50 buncl 30-35c dozen. Lemons. s4.5o-5.5o box, 1921 | dozen.
 Grapefruit, $4-s5 box. 3-10c each l Oranges, Florida, $4.50-5 box, 24 4Sc dozen. Cal. Navel. s45O-5.25 box 24-4Sc dozen.
 Strawberries 65-75c quart.
 Eggs, nearby newlaid, 55-70c dog fresh wes' ern, 50-52c dozen; butter print, 52-55c pound; tub, 50-51c ID. G. M STACK,
 In charge City Market Reportin Service.