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

haulatiancse, ever gives further thought 20 ,As
lvayes aforesaid than 70 be particularly ccrtain,hat
ii ~ are iesh Juicy and wei-hayored aud that they
always Iun twelve 10 the dozen. This uuieelng
crierce to the bi, graphy Of their tetSocoGs friend
+. ,rm,ny unworthy the constituents OF the Onyer-
,sl Nhl kee Nain and especially Of those who, from
i, Inn, residence in Gotham have been 20 frequent.
n ought into continuous afcctcnate relations with
tie OYSTER AMI have learned io love him ard al his
,h,ly trte. We would not willingly believe that
this igrurtrcr is wful bat are disposed TO think
,hu, f,w points OF information 10 the youth ard
autc-cour = o.maiket life generally of their iavorhs
tsh vii p,,ve acceptable, not to say especially CRATE
ful to the oystei-esg pubac and here goes for tho
?, pular enlightenment.
w Gie net gong to be scientific, Cor We ourselves
failed To thnk thai the suhjoned description referred
10 any acquaintance Of ours. 8Rsuai, reihys,
" >hH Bi,aive, nequivalve, subauritei M"ge,
Edeniu'ous, with hollow ovate little excavation,
ard lateral tran, verse STRIFE. And YET that i tho
sciepiifc notion Of AN oyster, land Gown by Swed
ish gentleman named Carl Won Lime, whose Latin.
lied name Linno,u, is considered he pretty good
authority IN all matters of natural history. Other
e,Ltltucn III cited with science say that oysters arc
family of mon0m yiai' ian cohchyer'. IL IL enough
to make ones blood boil 10 hear valued friend caled
sucl hard names D..rlun do--n't know c0achif,r;
Flurence never hear ct him. and the daring who
Should tell either of those hghly-resPectabe oyster
dealers thar he had been selling oonchiters all HE
lie would doubtless be- sued for SANDER ami any
jury Of average intelligence would mulct him in
swuCilg damages. Let man go into any saloon In
Il e city and demand 'mononyiairian conchfer,"
ala what would he get Anoyster No straight
Jacket wi ioh would answer the description gres.
deal better.
However, the scientific gentlemen tell US one inter-
e,tn feet about friend whom they call gu, Of his
name; they soy that though the oyster family ars
pretty widely distributed over parts II the
globe they only a'tsnp rf-ction in the ofthe
PEI ate sud warm climate. In the waters Of the Por
Seas. the Oyster has not been found Fnsd,y peascs
hmuot he had rather be stirredup with the North
P,l, aud he clmgs not to icebergs. There il law
of siura compt usa'ion thai W" k even the is-
trtu,lou OF ras,Iononic d-licacirs over the earth.
We If tie warmer lntitudes may never know tho
dart, flavor Of the walrus-f- sh, snd The whale
blubb-r that so delicai.y ttate the palate of tho
g,I tie E,quiu aux, but we find some .lghi cnnpen-
ssr,un i~our oy ,ers. Aud while that furry Northern
gentlemen drinks Ia our confusion M tr,ib-ol. eau
eat to biz perpetual ignorance 10 Princes Bay and
Slr-wrbury-.
The d4,iy consumption of oysters in New-York City
omirg what is Technically known the sea.on, is
son ettug wohderul, though cann't get statistics
:, ficieitly a,curat TO enable To make an
approximate estin a'e. What we have discovered Is,
that from the six oyster-sands 10 Fulton Market, ara
sold an average of 3f,0O0 oysters every week and
~ GEO have been retal.d from OF these said stands
In Fix days. Futon Market is in fact the heaiquar
ters If American oysteriom; there those learned u
biva,es and Epicurehn in their tastes may always
find the best oysters in the world only the best in
tie tit, hut better than BE- found anywhere esa
in tie world the reason for which will BE- stated in tho
sequel.
The most of the oysters that are used here in the
sumner come from York River, Virginia. This is,
III Truth tie oyster that mot eaten bers a. all
sons. TIE Yo'k River Oysters are taken up in
March, br"ught here in c",sting schoon.rs, aud
pauied, which, il this case, simply dumped
o,.rbonId, in Princes Bay, York Bay, ard other
suir he gnunis along the Southern shore of Staten
Island. Here they remain until they saoted for
na.k-t, when they ave isbed up and brought up 10
the city in small maket boats AMI skfs of from one
80 twenty tuns burden. the water of these Northern
bp y il laid I" harden abd improve the flavor OF the
~ -t.r although some { them remain 10 their new
qusft.rs hardly long enough 10 experience my very
decided change If any sort, they aiken up in
few DAYS Th.re are about $50 sail % vessels en-
gng,n IN 'ransp"Itpg oysters from Virginia 10 the
pluriius grounds near this city These vessels arc
m..rl, seho"ners If aHout 100 tdos-each vessel
qunbg four U, five persons navigate IT, ani attend
tu the lua,ing aud planting There are probably 800
# the mn, ker-boat. Employed busy season in
brireug tie oysters from the various planting
Z uunus 10 the ciiy.
another Summer oyster, much used, is the native
oyster from the Eat River. All the East River
oysters are panten-b-ng taken when they are small,
sua known as seed, from certain points IN the
North River, where they much .bound, and are easy
f -cc.ss. great portion Of the seed - IL pro-
cured II. III a small hay mar Sins Sing. The "seet'
/. iaall oysters fro the SIZE Of n dime To- - cent
piece; these are brought do the North River, AMI
planted H. the Fast River, the head Of Long ISL
and Sound, 10 the vicinity Of City Island. They are
spread cut on the bottom thiny, for. if they ARE piled
up On zach ether too many layers, their growth -
inlpe, ed aud they do mol become fat for market IN
the desired time. When certain space has been
ear. fully planted II l. lett unoIstul bed fort two orthee
year, tie owners expecting every oyster to DO nH
DUTY during thzt time, ami get a. tat and IN eous -
eli cunsac will armit Of The fool of the oyster
is CERTAIN irfusorg a., OF particularly minute animals OIL
tie ocear which If necessity must be prOyrie 10 an'
limited Oantliie. and winch uature, NOR. partial tho
oyst.r them lie to bis drvourers takes pans to bring
TO HIN, 20 that ell he has TO De- COR b. dnoer $50
op.n hs mouth, when it instantly fills itseli. IT'S
particularly fortunate that this happy bvalve does
not have to roam abroad in search Of FOO for his
means # lccomoton are limited, and he coslt not bs
exp. cted 10 chase with triumphant success any prey
Of average agility.
Tie Blue Point Oysters from the south side Of
Lm q lslaod are now coming extensively into market
go, al IA fair IA c,,nuefe .uccassf,iiy with the