Farmers' Market: Lots of vendors, tomatoes at $1/pound



Vendors at Farmers' Market under the shed at Cannonsburgh on Front Street spread beyond the shelter Friday morning offering a wide selection of area-grown produce.

Tomates of many varieties remained available for $1 pound with lots of squash, cucumbers, okra and peppers.

Corn and beans were not so plentiful but choices were available. Extremely nice looking peaches and cream corn was available from one vendor for $4/doxen with Avalon triple sweet corn at 50 cents an ear.

White half runner grean beans were $4 a tray with a few other varieteis availabl.e

Watermelons were quite plentiful, running for $3 to $5 depending on size and a large number of pumpkins were on sale.

Lots of baked goods and live plants were also for sale.

Farmers' Market is open form 6-11 a.m. each Tuesday and Friday through October.

Today, the prices and items were as follows:

Triple Sweet (white corn (white corn) $5/dozen

.50/ basket – Cherry tomatoes

$1.50/ lb – Fox cherry tomatoes

$4/lb – organic miniature heirloom tomatoes

$1/lb- Jetstar, Mountain Fresh, Jubilee yellow, green tomatoes.

$2/ lb – organic tomatoes

$2/tray-small potoatoes

$3/head-very large cabbage

$1/each - eggplant

3/$1 - cucumbers

$2/tray - okra

$1/tray - yellow squash

$1 each - medium sized sphaggetti, acorn, butternut squash, larger sizes $1.50, $2

50 cents/each - Pattypans squash

3/$1 - Green peppers

$1/tray - variey of hot peppers

$3-5/each - Watermelons, depending on size.

$3 - Pumpkins

$1.50 /lb – Mountain Fresh tomatoes

$2/ basket – Okra

$1.50/ lb – Roma beans

$2/tray. – Purple hull peas

$1 / basket – Granny smith apples

$2.50/ lb – Organic eggplant

$1/ bag – Asian squash

$3/ basket – Green-cooking apples

$2/ lb – Asian eggplant

$3 – Sugar baby watermelon

$2 – Cantaloupes

$1/ lb – Zucchini

$1/lb – Sweet onion

$5/ pot – Tulips / daisies/ lilies

$10/pot – roses

$1/ bunch – Basil, Bay, Mint, Chives, Parsley, Rosemary, Sweet Marjoram, Tarragon, Thyme

Hostas - $4 or 3 for $10

Potted Fall Mums - $10

Lavender, basil, sage plants - $4 each

Ornamental grasses- $7/pot

$6 – preserves/ blackberry, peach and damson

Fried pies - $2/each

Homemade Bread-$4-7

Homemade jerky-$3/bag