“Watermelooon! Banana, cantaloupe!”
Baker Bay, better known as Pop, belts out his signature arabber call to the small crowd of families gathered in Poppleton’s Greater Model Park during a late November afternoon.
Arabbing is an old Baltimore tradition, steeped in the city’s Black American history. One man — or woman — with a horse and cart full of produce walk the city selling their wares until the cart is empty. Non-profit Stable Baltimore is using the tradition to teach young people life skills and to keep the practice alive.
Read more (and listen) at WYPR.
