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    • Newsletter Fire at Market 04-19-2017
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    • Newsletter 12-21-2016
    • Newsletter 12-16-2016
    • This Weeks Vendor Discount
    • Newsletter 08-12-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 08-12-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 08-05-2015
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    • Newsletter 07-29-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 06-03-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 05-27-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 04-29-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 04-22-2015
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    • Newsletter 04-15-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 04-15-2015
      • Dealer Special 04-15-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 04-08-2015
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      • Free Parking Pass 04-01-2015
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    • Newsletter 03-25-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 03-25-2015
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    • Newsletter 03-18-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 03-18-2015
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    • Newsletter 01-28-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 01-28-2015
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    • Newsletter 01-21-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 01-21-2015
      • Dealer Special 01-21-2015
    • Newsletter 01-14-2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 01-14-2015
      • Dealer Special 01-14-2015
    • Newsletter 01/07/2015 >
      • Free Parking Pass 01-07-2015
      • Dealer Special 01-07-2015
    • Newsletter 12/31/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 12-31-2014
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    • Newsletter 12/24/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 12-24-2014
      • Dealer Special 12-24-2014
    • Newsletter 12/17/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 12-17-2014
      • Dealer Special 12-17-2014
    • Newsletter 12/10/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 12-10-2014
      • Dealer Special 12-10-2014
    • Newsletter 12/03/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 12-03-2014
      • Dealer Special 12-03-2014
    • Newsletter 11/26/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 11-26-2014
      • Dealer Special 11-26-2014
    • Newsletter 11/19/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 11-19-2014
      • Dealer Special 11-19-2014
    • Newsletter 11/12/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 11-12-2014
      • Dealer Special 11-12-2014
    • Newsletter 11/05/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 11-05-2014
      • Dealer Special 11-05-2014
    • Newsletter 10/29/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 10-29-2014
      • Dealer Special 10-29-2014
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      • Free Parking Pass 10-22-2014
      • Dealer Special 10-22-2014
    • Newsletter 10/15/2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 10-15-2014
      • Dealer Special 10-15-2014
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      • Free Parking Pass 10-8-2014
      • Dealer Special 10-8-2014
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      • Dealer Special 10-1-2014
    • Newsletter 9/24/2014 >
      • Dealer Special 9-24-2014
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      • Dealer Special 9-10-2014
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      • Dealer Special 9-3-2014
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    • Newsletter 8/27/2014 >
      • Dealer Special 8-27-2014
      • Free Parking Pass 8-27-2014
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      • Dealer Special 8-20-2014
      • Free Parking Pass 8-20-2014
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      • Dealer Special 8-13-2014
      • Free Parking Pass 8-13-2014
    • Newsletter 8/6/2014 >
      • Dealer Special 8-6-2014
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    • Newsletter 7/30/2014 >
      • Dealer Special 7-30-2014
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    • Newsletter 7/23/2014 >
      • Dealer Special 7-23-2014
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    • Newsletter 7/16/2014 >
      • Dealer Special 7-16-2014
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      • Dealer Special 7-9-2014
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      • Dealer Special 7-2-2014
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      • Dealer Special 6-25-2014
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      • Dealer Special 6-18-2014
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      • Free Parking Pass 5-28-2014
    • Newsletter 5-21-2014 >
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    • Newsletter 5-14-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 5-14-2014
    • Newsletter 5-7-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 5-7-2014
    • Newsletter 4-30-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 4-30-2014
    • Newsletter 4-23-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 4-23-2014
    • Auto Accident 4-19
    • Newsletter 4-16-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 4-16-2014
    • Newsletter ? ? 4-9-2014
    • Newsletter 4-2-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 4-2-2014
    • Newsletter 02-19-2014 >
      • Free Parking Pass 2-19-2014
    • Newsletter 1-22-2014 "Pot Holes" >
      • Free Parking Pass 1-22-2014
  • Map & Layout of Market
  • Lost & Found
  • Market Web Camera
  • Strawberry Festival 1955 program
Link To The Free Parking Pass & Dealer Discount Is At The Bottom Of This Page.
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Hello my name is 'Buck', and I didn't get to attend last weeks flea market, because my boss was feeling very poorly.  I hope to be on the golf cart with him this week.
P.S.   I Love Treats


The long range forecast looks very favorable for this
Wednesday 4/23/2014.   See long range forecast below.

Sun. 0% chance of rain,    Mon 10%    Tue. 0%     Wed. 10%    Thur. 20%     Fri. 10%

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I came across a few old aerial photos of the flea market that were taken in 1981. They have been posted on a page in our website. You will notice, there is no mobile home park across the highway, no building to the south of Sam Allen Rd.
Back then almost nothing was out there but the market and a few houses.

Click Here To View The Page Of The 1981 Aerials.
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Watermelons from south Florida are beginning to arrive. The price will be a little high for the first couple of weeks, and are expected to drop quickly when they reach full production.

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Small.  $1.25   Medium.  $3.00   Jumbo.   $4.50
Trailer load  $2000   approximately 1000 count

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Corn King   'Roy'
$10.00 a case.
average count is 55 ears a box


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Eggplant $7.00
Average count is 14 per box


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Tomatoes $12.
For a 25 lb. box


The price of produce on this page does not necessarily mean that is the going price on the entire market. We stop randomly at different vendors and ask the price at that given time. The price in the early hours could be higher, and in the evening hours it could be lower when they are beginning to leave. The prices shown here should however give you an idea of what you could expect to pay. The price you will pay for produce at the Plant City Farm & Flea Mkt. will almost always be lower than the price that is posted at any major produces exchange terminal.
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On this day in history April 23, 1939; Ted Williams, hits his first home run.
Nicknamed 'The Kid' Williams played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox as a left fielder and remains one of the game's greatest ever hitters. He has the highest batting average of any player in the live ball era and his on base percentage is the highest of all time. Although his career was interrupted by service in the Korean War he still managed to play until the age of 42 before becoming a manager for the Texas Rangers. he was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.

Ted died of cardiac arrest on July 5th, 2002 at (aged 83)


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On this day in history April 23, 1954
Professional baseball player 'Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits the 1st of his 755 homers.  He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1954-1974)and 2 final years for the Milwaukee Brewers as a right fielder and a star hitter. In 1974 he bettered Babe Ruth's home run record. Aaron then held this record for 33 years. Aaron continues to hold the record for the most seasons as an All Star (21).
He was born: 5th February, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama.
now (80 years old)



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On this day in history April 23,1936 
Roy Orbison was born
(4-23-1936   –   12-6-1988), 
He was best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top 40, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but some covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's film Blue Velvet (1986) revived his career.
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Two songs by Roy
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Roy; experienced more than his share of tragedy in his short life. His first wife, Claudette Frady died in a motorcycle accident on June 6, 1966 in Gallatin, Tennessee. On September 14, 1968, the Orbison family home at Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee, burned to the ground while Orbison was touring in England. Two of his three sons, Roy Jr. (b. 1958) and Anthony (b. 1962), died in the fire. His youngest son Wesley, who was three at the time, was saved by Orbison's parents.
                     Click the following link for his Find A Grave website.     http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1463
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And now for a little worthless & useless information.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
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Men can read smaller print than
women can; women can hear better.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:    Alaska 
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% 
(now get the next one ...)

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter,

was  '
Tom Sawyer'.

Q.. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'?    

Answer is at the bottom of this page.


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Click on the link below for Free Parking Pass &  Or Dealer Discount.
Free Parking Pass
Dealer/Vendor Special
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The answer to the number quiz is, you have to count to One Thousand before finding the letter  'A'
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