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Posted: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:36 am

Moderate crowds were at Farmers' Market at Cannonsburgh on Front Street this morning under gray skies with pumpkins, larger than a football, at $2 each.

The number of vendors is slowly declining as the growing season heads toward an end, but plenty were available with tomatoes, cucumbers, all manner of squash and beans, okra, potatoes and peppers remaining plentiful.

Corn by 8 a.m. was rare with one vendor selling Avalon triple sweet corn at 50 cents an ear.

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

$4/ lb – Cherokee purple organic tomatoes

$2/ lb – organic tomatoes

$2/ lb – German Johnson tomatoes (very large)

$1.50/lb. - Pink Johnson

$1.50/lb. – Bradley

$1.50/lb. – Goliath

$1.50/lb. -White cherry

$1.50/lb. - White currant

$1.50/lb. - Arkansas Traveler

$1.50/lb. - Red pear/fig

$1.50-$2/lb. - Gold Rush

$5/lb. - Juliet

$1/lb – Mountain Fresh tomatoes

$2/ basket – Okra

$1/lb. - Yellow squash

$1 each – Patty-cake squash

$10/ Large basket – Green beans

$1.50/ lb – Roma beans

$3 lb. – Purple hull peas

$1/ lb – Potatoes

$1 / basket – Granny smith apples

3 for $1 - Bell peppers

3 for $1 – Cucumbers

2 for $1 – Eggplant

$1/ basket – Green peppers

$2.50/ lb – Organic eggplant

$1/bunch – Asian beans

$1/ bag – Asian squash

$3 – Watermelon

$3/ basket – Green-cooking apples

$2/ lb – Asian eggplant

$3 – Sugar baby watermelon

$1 – Cantaloupes

$1/lb – Butternut squash

$1/ basket – Potatoes

$1/ lb – Zucchini

$1/lb – Sweet onion

$2/ tray – Squash

$3/ tray – Beans

$2/ basket – Beans

$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

$3 pint – blueberries

$5 quart – blueberries

$6 – preserves/ blackberry, peach and damson

Fried pies - $2/each

Homemade Bread-$4

Homemade jerky-$3/bag

Homemade potato wheels-$3/bag

Homemade pork rinds-$3/bag

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Member Opinions:

By: obrn57 on 8/22/08
Thanks for adding the address for the farmers market!

By: wood9642 on 9/10/08
i can not tell what days of the week to go,please help.

By: mikewest on 9/10/08
Tuesdays and Fridays only.

By: lightchick on 9/11/08
Some of the vendors are there on Thursday evenings.

By: smith2005 on 9/11/08
What are the hours?