The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-17
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BRIDGEPORT MARKET
 REPORT
HUREAU OF MARKETS T.. S. DE- PARTNIIlNT OF AGBICUlEURlA
City Market Reporting Service.

City Market Reporting Service. Tel. Barnum 7O11. Fairfield County
 Court House.
 Bridgeport. Conn.,,
 Sept. r, 1919.
 Abundant - Carrots, sweet corn. apples, bCcts, tomatoes.
 NormaI-Oraugcs. onions. cabbage. grapes, pears. cuntaloupes. potatoes. string beans. lettuce. peppers,
 Scarce - Peaches, IcIrQns, lima beams. spinach. cucumbcrs, Season for Tickling Vegetables Here
 Ptckllug is one of the important branches of home preparedness for the cold winter months and now that fall Is here preparations should be made to put in a supply Cs the neCes- sary vegetables arc now available, Although pickles have little food value they give flavor to meals which js liked by many, Green tomatoes are beginning Co come into the market, Over 100 baskets were hrouant Co tac Farmers Market this morning which sold at 5Cc per IA quart basket Both hot and sweet peppers are also bciug marketed. Sweet peppers were costing retailers Si.2- Co s1.5o bushel this morning or % Co 5c quart and hot peppers wero selling at S2.o0 a bushol or about 7c quart on the Farmers Market to- day.
 Ijipc tomatoes were abundant this morning and prices lower, Got your jars and crooks ready for mustard pickles. green tomato pickles. pica- IHle and relishCs as they should be made during Tho next few weeks. The Local Fruit Supply.
 Apples are abundant and occupy tro most prominent position iu the line If native fruits. All grades are rcpre- scented on tLo marke; from ''Culls.' in- Cludiur all varieties, to fancy II~In- tuah Reds. The peach season is over aul pears were uot plentiful on the market this morning. There has been an exceptionally Elod demand for pears this season and the supply has not been equal tu the demand all though the crop has been good. Wild grapes are coming Tn moderate quon- titles and have been selling well at 75s Co S1 per IA quart basket as the cost to retailers. The following are wholesale prices. Tho consumer should expect to pay on the average from % to t0 per cen. above those prices to cover the re- tai1er's cost of doing business srI his legitimate profit Quantity informa- lion is the approximate amount of produce on the farmers market:
 Vegetables.
 Beets, TOO launches. 45 to soc dozen ouuches. 4c bunch. Beans. Lima 10 busheI, S4 to S425 bushel; E 1-2 to 15c quart. Beans, Wax, 15 bushcI, $1.25 to g bushei; 1-2 to Tc quart. Cabbage, 70 barrels, S1.75 to $2s5 barrel; to Sc head. Carrots. 25 dozen punches. 9 to 45c dozen punches; 9 to tc bunch Celery. New York, t1 dozen punches; s 1-2c lunch.
 Lettuce. Now York, s1.75 to s2 case; | : 1-2 tC 1-2c head Eggplant, % dozen, 75c to $1 dozen; to 12 1-2c each. Onions, &4.25 to s4.5O sack; 1-4 to I 1-2c pound
 Potatoes, 6S bushel. s1.sO to S2 bu; 45 10 50C peck Potatoes, sweet, s45o to $50 barrel; 3 to I-2c pound Sweet corn, $500 ears, Sl.75 to 8 per 13o; 2l 10 Pic dozen.
 Tomatoes, 295 baskets, 50 to 75c bas- ket; 1-2 to 6c quart Fruits. Apples, s3 busheI, sc to s1.25 basket ; 1 1 to 1oc quart Cantaloupes, S1.5O to $2.25 fiat; 10 to l9C each.
 Grapes, Malaga, $2.S5 to s fiat; 12 to 12 1-2c pound.
 Grapes, Tokay, $3.5O to s4 flat: 14 1-2 to 1IC pound Grapes, local 75c to $1 basket. Oranges, SC to SIPS box; 3S to 48c dozen
 | Lemons, ST to Ss box; 25 to 23e dozen. Pears, S box: 1-2 to 2c each. Burton W. Sherburne, in charge City ' Market Reporting Service.