The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-23
THE BIVALVE SEASON.

BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE APPROACHING
FALL AND wINTER-vIEws OF WHOLESALE
OYSTER DEALERS.
The prime season for oysters, which will commence
In few days. has set tue city dealers work for sup
plying tho demand that has slnce May fallen on 10
small proportions The trade in the oscuent starting
from Tho LIST OF September and continuing the end Of
April Is oil far greater Dimensions than Is generally
supposed. the annual trar sactions In tho metropolis
average SIS O0O 0o0 and have steadily increasing
year after year. There several hundred vessels,
ranging from dvo to nifty tons burden engaged In tho
neghborng waters IN the fishery, and many thousand
people lind profitable employment in the various
branches OF the traffic. II would seem that tho popu-
lar idea that the bivave not safe article OF food
during tho summer Is not accepted by dealers, who
hold that good and paatable oyster De oh.
tained under proper CONDITIONS on the fourth OF July
rs on New Years Day.
The entire wholesale business IN oysters Is carried
on nj the loot OF Br0Omc street, East kvcr, ana ut
the loot OF Wost Tenth street. A. these smpori.
ums the retail Dealers hotels and steamships OBTAIN
many paris Of New Jersey aua even for points as lar
distant AS Boston. II IL claimed, and no doubt
rectiy, that IN NO part Of tho world cnn oysters DO
found 10 surpass those produced IN New York waters
and sone 10 farther aud insist that In other quar-
ter can any DO raised to equal them In size ianess
aud flavor Litllo Necks, Saddle Rocks ana bivalves
taken from nots and bays of Staten Island enjoy the
first rank ID reputation IN every part OF this country
ana even in Europe The large dealers arc quito sat.
isned With the prospects OF the season
THE IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE.
The North and East rivers do not furnish tho com
modify IN sufficient quantities Tor the requirements OF
the city trade. Large imporatons constantly re-
ccived from Virginia Several lines Of vessels are
gagged In conveying oysters from Chesapeake Bay, but
they DO not command the Same price Ihe home pro
duction Thsy are however, large and JUICY, bot dc
1cient in flavor aud nrmncss OF body. They
cellent for cooking purposes but fail Far behind the
New York article when oalen on the she'll For plant
ing they arc also very valuable, aud with proper At
tenon, when put In The 10 tho right season.
Southern atAins quality almost equal 20 tho Northern
oyster Prices this year Will undergo little
The cncf outlsys In carrying the business
fully arc iis maintaining sailing craft and securing
necessary projection TO the beds There sx
pectations OF n iorcgn demand, and merchants con
slider that II beef eau be- transported across the At
lantlc and laid down in English anu French cities In
fresh condition. tho be Effected with oystcr
Heretofore the exportations have been tor planting
purposes, but u has been found that the Amercsn
bvalvo does not flourish under strange skies may
DC the temperature OF the water or the climate that
causes the failure. However, tho experiment has
been success Rates, II Is stated, would DO affected II
there any considerable demand for nrst class
oysters for foreign countries, but then there capital
aud enterprise enough to- meet the changed circum-
stances aud prevent any scarcity oil the commodity.