New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-13

more and Charleston Oysters are cent from this
ke,; ana the Delaware oyster whch 10 The te,t-cr-u
brar Of Ph, sd,phs, is c"n-itered here very Inferior
,,t,cle and when sslable at all Commands but low
pdce.
The reason why the hest oysters are f,uni ia Full
ton Market IL this: Whenever sn oystrr-pl .ntrr grr
an extra fne lot he takes them dir, city there sure
Of a market aud the higbes Price. me otS c""7
10 perhaps but wagon load, Of SUPER ttra- gu n
from many th, usands AID these are insia"'y o'ush'
up by the Fulton MARKET dealers, no mat''r "h"'
pre- is demaboei. They have 80 long "ao tue f'Pu'
tsiion Of having the best oy-t'r- IN "a'ke pt
they cannot now afnrd to lo-" II, "u1 consequently
thee fine lots are always secured ny t"e ""t"']en
dealers who have made soperextra Oysters thelr
specially. and who have made fortunes oy s-lhDs
them The prices pail for the common t'ods are
from az 70 s2O per thousand. but tUey have bsen
maid for at the rate Of $l2O per thou aud,
xbs, the article was something far bsSond
tta common. These were SO large that
hundred of them filed barre; they from the
head of he sound near Sands POitt 4nl City IsIaud
Every bost-osd Of oysters il sorted iato three
oualie. being divided with references to their size
and called "E1tIus" " Box" and Ceilings" these
Of course are sold at different prices. Wh-re 40
entire boa-load not di,posed Of to the dealers the
remainder transferred to the that lie along
the North River, there 10 wait for customers, to
be opened and put into for expectation.
There is popular superstition that oysters must
not be eaten in the Suumer-that they poisonous,
or Of least uuwholesoue, ami 10 be avoided in sll
months which do not have the letter I" r. in their
oognomens. T"is is a fallocious notion founded to
some certain extent, however, on tenable grounds.
TIE truth is, that while oysters are engaged 10 the
duty Of multiplying ana thereby rcplehishing the Sea
they are not fiji for human food They spawn generally
in June and tor weeks previous and sub'rqueut
70 ts period they should not he eaten although
then there is nothing about them positively preju.
dicial TO health. While spawning they become
fabby aud waiery, with streaks Of WI tie running
through them, presenting, wien cut milky appear
auce it is needless 10 say that when in this c0udt ~
they should be severely let alone. There is erro
neOus theory among oys'ermen that trausplaned
oysters do not spawn-it is difficult to tell how they
could have fallen into such gross error, the truth
being that the transpaning does not interfere at all
with the process of reproduction. There are however
always in Summer even through the hottest months,
plenty Of oysters in market that do not assume family
cares and not spawning are in as fine condition as in
the dead Of Winter. We are conscious that this an
nouncement viii give joy to the heart Of many an
epcure whom popular error has debarred his favor
lite food during the dog days. II is necessary to be
careful to get good ones but there is mistake that
with little good oysters may be had IN
August as in January. As there are unquestionaby
many Of the desirable shefsh in market that not
fit for use the best way to go to the establishment
Of well known dealer who knows his business and
who thinks too much of his reputat on to a
Al.
houses in Broadway bat the best place to 60 in Sum-
mer, all times, for good oysters, is Fulton Market.
The fluctuations III this business wonderful. For
instance Cd the first day Of May last the busnes
ore of the principal oysterstonds in the CITY fell of
precisely one.ha1 within twenty -four hour, aud the
trade throughout the city was similarly affected.
The Difference the old superstition is what did that
job-April berg lucky month with r - i'll it, is
a permitted to the oyster-eater, but May,
which lacks that copsopant, is t.bOoed AMI
unholy. From the stupidity of their behavior on this
point, one would thick that half the people in New
York imagine that all the oysters IN the sea become
simultaneously unwhoeeome a. the clock strikes
twelve on the night Of pr the thirteth. Such sill
ness bt s better the fret day OF April tn IN the last
The fry that man may eat with IMMUNITY aud plenty
of pepper at twelve o'clock, will not poison hun at
twelve and quarter, uor would the eighte-npenny
stew that taken q halt hour before midnight, woul
cause sn individual to "a, be likely to hurry mp
that Individual to speedy grave if he should post
.pone his supper till the clock had struck.
Yes oyster-eaing public, You may &c good oysters
all through the Summer; bat be careful, or you may
chance Ia stumble on some that not quite 81 good.
Beware the cheap shops, pay good pice for your
decacies aud you will find that your Internal apptra-
tus shall suffer pangs in digestiog the oyster
of August than the bivalve of December-out that,
due care being taken, they equally comforting to
the inner individual.