University Daily Kansan, June 9, 1980 Page 7
Farmers produce for weekly market
By Shelly Coker
staff reporter
The first rays of sun cast a light pink hue on the soft blue Lawrence sky. One by one salesmen arrive, unloading and packing wares at maternelle, head lettuce, cantaloupe and a.m. early morning shopers are browsing through rows of fresh produce. The Farmer's Market, at the central town, 1600 Vernont St. is open for business.
Rows of boxed tomatoes, shelled peanuts, bing cherries, onions, cauliflower, cabbage, strawberries and almonds, sit in the stand of Milton Collins, 50 N. 25th St.
COLLINS, THE FIRST arrival at the market, bought the produce at a Kansas City market a day before for resale at the Lawrence market.
"My home-grown stuff is not ready yet," he said. "I have 500 tomato plants that will be later in the season."
Collins comes to market to make a profit, but his prices are lower than the local stores'.
"Like my cantaplo," he said. "I sell them two for 50 cents. They are 79 cents in stores, so I am much cheaper, you know."
But for Edwin Sample, 2214 West-chester St., the market is just a hobby.
"I don't try to make a profit, just friends," he said.
Sample, 71, taught vocational agriculture at the University of Kansas before retiring. He said he had been coming to the market for 5 years.
"I think everyone should pick something they like to do and keep busy at it," he said.
BUT NOT EVERY seller brings in ordinary food. Parm Carvalho, Baldwin, grows Japanese egg plants, and produces white porcorn and oriental vegetables.
Carvalho also sells Tofu, a Japanese
soybean meat substitute, homemade bread,and fresh flowers.
Brenda Smith, Bonner Springs,
brings netted plants to the market.
"This is a good way to prevent overcrowding in my greenhouse," she said.
Smith said she started gardening and canning produce to save money. "When you preserve produce you always have it and at market I can sell that excess."
Red geraniums, white, pink, and lavender petunias, and other brightly colored plants are good stands, as well as hanging plants in small and large baskets. At one end was a lavender plant that one customer said is a nice smelt to put in your drawer.
TEN INDIVIDUAL stands displayed unique items, each directly reflecting the personality of the seller. For example, the First United Methodist Evance established a stand at the market to earn money for a mission project.
Later in the season the sellers hope to have sweet corn, potatoes, beets, spinach, wild raspberries and blackberries, Collins said.
One shopper, Margie Frederick, said she shopping at the market to buy fresh, home-grown vegetables for a gourmet supper group.
ANOTHER SHOPPER, Dorothy Rippert said, "It's a good way to start the day. There is no better fellowship."
Her friend, Francis Cleveland, said,
"The market has good produce and is a lot of fun."
Andy Anderson, secretary of the Downtown Lawrence Association which sponsors the market, said that storms hurt a few of the regular sellers at market.
"Two of our regulars had to repaint completely," he said. "The market is expanding, allowing sellers to sell flowers, homemade baked goods, craft items, and any produce that can be grown locally." he said.
The market will be open every Saturday until Sept. 27.
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