The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-11
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
BUREAU OF MARKETS U. s. DE-
 APARTMENT OF AGRICUDTURlE'
City Market Reporting Service. Tel Barnum 7011- Fairfield county
 Court House.
October Il, 1919.

court 1OhSS- MARKET 1.
 October Il, 1919.
 Bridgeport, Conn.
 Pranared bv the City Marketing Agent Bureau of Markets, U. s. De- partment of Agriculture, Conn., Asrl' College Cooperating. UNDANT:-Carrots, apples, beets' sweet potatoes, potatoes, cappase' California grapes. NORMAL:-Orange onions, lima beans, pears, green tomatoes, 1ettuce' peppers.
 SCARCE:-Lemons tomatoes, na- tive grapes, cantaloupes, sweet corh' Good Demand for Cider Apples. Native apples have been flooding the local market. Prices have been i so low on the drops" and other 1 cheaD grades of apples that many farmers preferred to take this class i of fruit to the cider mill W1nd- i falI' apples have been selling at f5c- l s1 % busheI Prohibition has caused 1 2 good demand for cider. Cider ap- D1as have been in good demand at about soc bushel delivered at the n,iu When the cost of sorting, the uncertainty of ready sales on the market and the time it takes to go +o market is taken into consideration many farmers prefer to sell their cheaper apples at the cider mill or have the apples ground up into cider. 1 NFaT1ners' Market Well Attended. l About 30 farmers and market gar {deners were on at the farmers mar ket at the foot of Wall street this morning with their truck loads Of produce.
 | Good tomatoes were scarce The season is so far advanced that the majority of the stock offered was soft and good tomates sold at high prlces: Green tomatoes were quite plentiful today. The frost a. few nights ago killed many tomato vines but left lmost of the tomatoes in good condi- ton. Consequently growers are clean ing their fields of green tomatoes and rushing them to market Now that good sweet corn is scarce ithe demand for Lima beans is not as Iactive as it was the first of the season land prices have dropped A few lweeks ago Lima beans were selling las high as s35O to $45O per bushel, but prices today ranged from 8 to B per busheI or T to 1Gc per quart A few white tuTnips are now com ling in and selling at 50 65c per If IQuart basket
 The following are wholesale prices. The consumer should expect to pay lon the average from 20 to 40 per cent. above there prices to cover the re- itailer.s cost of doing business and his legitimate profits Quantity informa- ton is the approximate amount of produce on the farmers market
 Vegetables.
 Beets, 40-5Oc dog. bchs.; F -4c bch Beans, lima, s2.0O-3.0O bushel; T. 7 10c at
 Carrots, s4-4oc doz bchs.; ss1A C Cabbage, s1.5o-225 bbl; 1h- 21ac ID.
 ; Caulifower, s1.5o-s.oo crate; 10. . 25c hd
 . Lettuce, N. Y, s1.75-2,5o case; B. | 10hc hd. Lettuce, local, 60c-$1.0 , doz; 5-S nd. l Cranberries, Mass, $S.5O-s.5O bb1. s 8-h-91 1ac ID. l Celery, soc-s1Oo doz.; 7h-Sh' l bch.
 l Onions, Mass, $s.75-4.25 sack; 4 1 ID.
 Potatoes, Maine. s15O-1.65 bushel 3 S7k-41c peck Potatoes, $1-50-1.8t l busheI; 37 F -46c peck 3 Sweet Corn, $1.z5-2.0O per 100; IS 24c dog. = Tomatoes, ripe, s1.25-1.75 basket q 10-13c at. Tomatoes, green, 55-75' i basket; 4-6c at : Fruits. : Apples, 5Oc$1.00 basket; 4k-7c at = Apples, fancy, $1.001.50 basket; ' l. 111ac at. q Grapes, Tokay. s2.25-2.5O fiat; e1z = 10kc ID. e Grape Fruit, $5.00-6.25 box; 513 }. each.
 e Lemons, ss.oo-1o.oo box; s2-4o O dog.
 e Oranges, $6.Oo-7.25 box; 33-4s r. doz
 '- Sun rises ... ZOO B. m. r Sun sets ......... 6:19 p. m. 8 High water ........ 1:O8 a. m. 1T Moon rises ....... S:S7 p. m.