The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-03
AsBISOk or OYSTERS.
The Errsaeousncs- of tho Relief that Lessons
The kmmnaer Consnmption.


j. no month In the year IN which oysters are
more plump and delicious man In May. and the |
stupld followers OF fashion who rushed |
eagerly for oysters on Sept. l might have |
got as good several days sooUer. There Is no |
81 son In which the oyster has less reason - be
proud of himself than the present and for sew.
cral weeks to come. Nevertheless, the actual
iucre sc In local consumption Is from twenty
i've to thirty per cent over the summer trade.
Hut tue New YORK market offers abundance
Of good oysters all the summer through
When those Is shoal water, along toe Sound, be-
gin spawning, early IN the summer, the dredging
Is all done In water from ifteen TO twenty feet
deep; aud when those begin spawning, about
the time when the previously mentioned have
got through. the OYSTER rakes are sent to
the sholl beds. or course, the oysters which
have Just spawned are poor and thin, but a brief
shif ing from their Own beds to new, hard Dot
toms puts thom 10 presentable condition. still
another supply OF summer oysters Is the
"pIants"-oyst RS Drought from virginia In Feb
ruary and March. and temporarily thrown into
Princess Bay. Some of these spawn, but the
great majority do not, and are In quality next to
the deep water East river Oysters for summer
consumption. The ShrewsDurys," medium
sized, plump, yellow meated, and fuil-havOfed
oysters. are the Hrst to come IN at the beginning
liked by many on account Of their having H.
vor greatly Approximatne to that OF this English
oysters which are dcspised by Americans as
"cOppery." Next to be brought In 10 full con
dtion are the "NOrwslks," larSer, piunper aud
whittier than the preceding and much more doll
cate In II vor. The oest are those vOich have
been dredsed from tue deep SAT- water OF the
Sound and planted for few weeks near the
mouth oil the river, whore they take an adnix-
ture OF fresh water with the salt. 1t has
been found that this makes thsm fuller and
harder melted. When the state OF the market
Is such vs. TO require thom speedily, this process
OF putting the oysters In condition by giving
them "dr,nk" OF fresh water Is sometimes
FASTENED W keeping them 10 hoats In almost
fresh water. where the desired eni
Is attained In from fotty-eight To nfty-sx
hours. After these come large variety OF Ett
river oysters, Hue Points, Oyster Bays, Cow
Bays, Little Necks. and Rocsaw,ys, named after
points or tHys near which theif beds lie.
All these are hne. and between them there 10
soarceiy any y. rcepuule didereuco', although
the Individual f.ncies Of connOisssuIs my cause
preference flr one or another Oh account OF
some sisnt aud possibly iuiagtIary variation ui
flavor IL cannot toe said that there Is. among
all these IN re than one variety VI oysters,
though local causes IN V tnhuence changes IN
size aud quahiy, AMI tn"u-h ,xpefieucrd oyster
dealers re abe 4 a glance 10 distinguish the
llrth ana btteuluS pace OF eacn pNrtr'' IRON
the tint ana lntUur Of tue exterior vi lie shell.
\ IL At There USED To &c al NN-Ntr, II W etlSsuut
/ only VA name. when MAS eie.fy diteieht
/ frun, ana superior 40, all .tners. Tuat wIs
tue famous saddle hocN.' named after
/ tue rock IN Litile Neck Oiy near tue
! York suore, on which alone II was found.
Thirty fvs Years ago that bed OF the
largest. plumpest, 1ucie-t, aud nuest Favored
Oysters evr known discovered. and
for quarter Of century IT yelued an enpI-
nous revenue To its fortunate owners. a. 4.
Dorion IL was worked out, and no Attempt at
festeckins 1t oy ,he painting 81 seed was sue
| ces-fui Ia producing bNaives NJ all approxilnAt
] lug la value To the originals. Although fOr
| years there nave Oeeu no SADDLE Rocks tho
u4us is silll seen IN every q, ster saloon, aud Is
generally unde stood u mean siipply tue nutst
ONsttrs the dealer ". IL Is ia her singular ct
That tnou! seed " IRON vtlpus loo li.ies Wa,
tried for the revlanting II TINS rock. none could
! be iOunI tnat would grow fat oysters.
A great many oysters are b ought here from
virginia, but theb ale very Inferior 10 ouis, snd
| command lower prices IA tne ub-rket. IL Is ~
| these oniy mat the small red ara-ite-, G He'd
"oyster CRIBS" out IA reallty nothin- else tn
! oyster ice, are found. OF course tbey ~ouu
not DO 50 ace ana sweet u csled oy the lat OF
name, bat tuat Is tneir trde CosuVinen. No
o, ster /, ever found vi one OF these ere atures
In smell wnlcu u not poor anu tnin, ~ We C.n
well II ~ ~ ur tAAhklul NAL tLey sAIe unknown
among our une natives.
Only one U-d ~ larse oysters, the Eaton
/ NecAs." hos been tOund wltnin man, ears part,
I tue Vi lance OF the ureuges ~ txpiUring pOesi-
bic grounds being s4ch that tuey DO not get
time to grow Ia tueir original iocs.I"us before
tueir presence becomes known. Very oileu,
| however. Dcls containing vast quantities Oi
small o1steis. runuiu. irUiD n0oen hundred ~
! Two Thousand 90 Tue Uushsl, are discovered
lhess are teOhl icahy known a. "sred," aud
are " painted or scattered over nard Dot ous
ia convenient locations - grow for Ia ure use.
| In QUE year tney Wal oeRln u Yield mat ket able
| oysters; Out thvir priIis IL not under three
years, Mneu they may 10 ex ected to anurd
I" Old txtTas." Frequently Tue ioc ton of the
same oNs els Is cnsn-ea two OF tnree tines, II
having teen discovered that shifting docs tneu
good. Tue DurUus were mrs. 10 maze LOIS dis
Govern, aud - IiiS II - the CuIusaLion Of toe
superb oysters from tneir Deds at G,-gor, :
IoIut, Ranking next u saddle kochs,'
winch have IA .de them famous NV, IL Is IA
general use oy oyster cuitivltofs. lhs planting
Of the - seed Is done IA july, August, una sep
tender; tue sait'ing sensr'i1y III u, later
month. Inc pOput T suppOs,lon that oyster
uTedgers, when UIln-i cargo lhto port,
OcoupN their dne "a SJrung out the biyalVes
TITO nunOer Of piies, according to their acci-
dental conformation, ~nd cnr,s.ening each pie
Uy some pODui nam u not stticNv correct.
Ina iuignt deceive many rter CONSUMERS out
not tue doul'rs. Tue sUrtins con-is.s IN sepa-
r,tin- them INTO "olI.xtr :, w.hcn ru. ~ TO
tue nasAtt; "slnge ex rds,' Of - to tue Uas-
ket; "uuxes,' Of wnich /. akes loJ ~ MI a b,s-
ket, aud cai,s' ~ winch .UJ are itqu'Ied r !,
Oask-dul Tue largest OF "ud ex ras' are, Of
course, eaddie hoeSs, wherever tuey come
from.
Tue annually increasing scarcity OF English
oysters mas caused, Ia late years, tue Swinging
up Of large EXPORT bisiAess Ia the New YORK
trade, anu this now eI ends lis supply OF great
qusntlues 10 France aud Ge''n ~, as well ~
! AItiOn. The peutnc ot tue Continent seem To
appreciate tne superiority ~ the American Oys-
TEL inucu more re any tndu do tue English. v no
I Lu4glnS geuetdlN tnHt hothing 10 50 nus AZ Tue
en- u, Copusi-nAsureI tnings wnicn they call
Eugll.i oysters. But mo Biltons eccentflclty
OF tasLs Is, al least, not ~, ater than tuat Of
those who uehgnt Ia the lltto Ostend oysters,
even when tLey r. wnAt, ~ mutton. wound To
called uigD." A ere L deil Of seed % l.
shlpped from here TO California Tor repiantlng
ne : san Francisco. CullOusiy enough the ma
tive CiItoinia oysters are very stu"ll scare ~
l.rser III 4n Silvtr quarter VI o dollar; out tho
Eastern oysters, tIautplanted into the water
where tuuse riuiCulIusi, small things grow, III
crease IA size ana pluuIpness mucn more rapid
|, tnan they would here. IL Is said, however,
| that they 10 NOT spawn there, aud 1--we ONLY
three years. Tue seed " for them costs mere
! from twenty-five to forty Genes per Ousne ana
II transported ia refrigerator cars ACROSS the
| continent. Aiucn 81 II 2ues trum YORK OhY, pro-
| ductug narlY, dark inca, Ell oyster OF mOder'
etel, good vJr; Uu. the best 10 obtained irou
the East river ueds.
Oiu uysttimen say that there are now az least
nye times ~ many uy teIs eaten annually In Ne"
! iotk as there were twenty years ago, and the
supply 10 Increasing more Rapidly than the DE
mand, owing 10 the lhteiligeut care applied Il
the cult iva ion. Several miilOns Of dOnars are
Invested IA the BUSH ess. aim ~ exclusively To-
the benrnt Ot New York, aud over loity thou
NJ pcrsOna are directly concerned IA II. NJ
oyster canning IA cone mere. lhdt buslnesb u
almost mOuopohZed ~ baltimore, wheie tn'
oysters are sm Her and poorer than here
though very aJunIant.
Too Much scripture.