The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-04
BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
BUREAU OF MARKETS U. S. DE-
 City Market Renortine Service.

City Market Reporting service.
 Prepared by the City Marketing Agent Bureau of Markets U. s. De- partment of Agriculture. Conn.,. Agri. College Cooperating.
 Abundant-Carrots, apples, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cabbage, pump kins, grape fruit, parsnips, onions.
 Normal-Oranges pears, cut beets squash, grapes.
 Scarce:-Lemons, green tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cauliflower. Maine Potatoes Show Improvement Time for Storage
 Reports from AroostoOk County Maine, and from local dealers state that potatoes now being marketed are in much better condition than those shipped a few weeks ago. The crop of Maine potatoes is practically harvested and most of the cheap po- tatoes have been marketed. Prevail ing cool weather in Maine is also of material help in keeping potatoes that are stored there in good condi- tion. The prevailing opinion among potato dealers is that prices are as low now as they will be this year.. Well matured potatoes should keep satisfactorily if bought now and properly stored.
 The best Maine Green Mountain potatoes suitable for storage were i quoted mostly at $3.40 to $3.5O per ! sack or $1.70 to S1.75 bushel as wholesale price this morning. Irish l Cobblers were quoted as low as $1.6O l busheI. Some excellent Long Island stock is coming in wholesaling at 1 $3.5O to $3.75 per sack or $1.75 to l $1.S7 1-2 bushe1. I There are also potatoes coming | from New York State selling at $1.5O l h11S a1 U-h he | immediate use. | The supply of local grown potatoes | is light. Many of the growers had l partial crop failures and trouble with 1 potato rot, consequently most of the 1 potatoes were marketed when dug The growers who have comparatively | few left in their cellars are now mar keting them in small lots, wholesaling mostly at $1.75 to g per bushel, ac- cording to quality, many selling for storage purposes at the latter price. 1 The following are wholesale prices The consumer should expect to pay 1 on the average from 20 to 40 per cent | above these prices to cover the retail CTS cost of doing business, and his legitimate profits:
 Vegetables. Beets, 40 to soc dozen punches; 8 1-2 to 4c bunch.
 Carrots 90 to 4Oc dozen punches; ? 1-2 to 1-2c bunch. Cabbage. local, $50 to $2.25 barrel; 1 1-2 to 1-2c pound. Cabbage, New York, Danish, $2 to $2.50 cwt; to 1-2c pound.
 Caulif1ower, L. l., 8 to $4 crate; 20 to BOG head.
 Cranberrfes, s8 to s9 barrel; to Sc pound.
 Celery, Soc to $1 dozen punches; to Sc bunch
 Celery, s15o to $175 dozen flats; 12 1-2 to 15c Hat 6 crates.)
 Lettuce, local, best, $1 to $1.37 dog; 8 to Il 1-2c head.
 l Onions, Mass, s4 to $450 sack; to f 1-2c pound. Parsnips, $1.25 to g bushel; to 1-2c pound. Potatoes, Maine, s1.6o to SITS bu; 40 to 44c peck. : Potatoes, local, s1.75 to s2 bushel; A to Soc peek. Potatoes, New York State, $50 bu; 1 37 1-2c peck.
 ] Potatoes, sweet, s5 to s550 barrel; 8 1-2c pound.
 Fruits. : Apples, fancy, s1 to $50 peck; to Il 1-2c quart. r Apples, medium, COG to s1 basket; 41-2 to 7c quart. I Apples, Jonathan, s3.25 to s3.5o box; , ? to 5c each. : Grapes, Malaga, 8 fiat; F 1-2c lb.
 Grapefruit, 54-SO's, $4.5O to s5.75 box;
 8 to lie each.
 Lemons, Calif., sS to ss.50 box; 26 to 34c dozen. Oranges, 15o-21Vs, s6.5o to SIPS box: 1 36 to 60c dozen.