New-York tribune., 1880-04-03
TRo1JT EXHIBITED AT FULTON MARKET.

A FINE DISPLAY AND MANY INTERESTED VislIOEs'
The trout season was opened yesterday with an
exhibition Of the different varieties OF domeshcaed
brook trout in Fulton Market The display at the
stands of Eugene G. Blackford was unusually fine;
beth i'm the quantity and varieties represented, and
attracted great crowd during the nloInlng ana
afternoon. Among the visitors were ProfessorS r.
l.. Younans and G. West, j. Carson BIevOOrt, K. B'
Roosevelt and II. u. Sherman. state Fish Comluls-
sioners. and many of the leading hotel-keeper5 IN
The exhibits we're on tables in groups, and-the
live fish-in glass tanks and aquariums. Ihe most
interesting collection was that from the New.l0rk
State Hatchery, exhbitedby Seth Green. There
was a fine specimen of the California mountain
trout weighing three and half poun,lf, ralsed gu
the hatchery. It differs from the native trout III
being larger and stronger, and is peculIar III having
large bright odd spots. hybrid OF Gan1ornIia
salmon and brook trout also exhibited, partak-
ing of the nature of both the salmon and thp trout
1t had the general appearance of the salmon on the
sides. but the square tail and mottled back OF the
trout. A specimen of French trout was shown
at one of the tables II greatly resembles
the California trOu in having vernill0n spO,S
Several English trout were on an ahlolning Inple,
but on account of their inferior size and lack of
color they were pronounced TO he poor speclihehs
The grayling was represented by number or s2cc-
mems from Bay City, Mich, sentby ID. u. Fi'Zhugh
There was lo. of trout from New-liopee; Penn
sent by Thompson 81 Bros, and one from fHrrlnE,
ton Conn. contributed by Levi Hodges: some wa
trout sent by Charles b. Fisher. Spring valley,
New.York were of q peculiar light coor-rXpainsd
by fish cultursts to be owing to the character OF the
bottom of the stream in which tncy were caugnl
streams with dark bottoms. aud of nght color
under the opposite CONDITION.
Ilree large front of dark color and marked
with irregular reddish blotches were exhibited hy
the South side Club, Long Island. Among those
seut from distance was large front from Joliette,
Canada Other lots were Displayed by NJ. +. lire'-
ner from sacramento, Cali J. W. HoXie, from Rich
mond, II. L.: A. Ruckow. HenIps cad, L. L.; Is: +.
Burtis from Ridgewood, J.. J.; Campbell McNdb,
from California; G. 7. ParlOw, Wildwood Trout
Pond Massachusetts, Charles T., D:ckerman, llorI-
con SPRINGS, N. H.; Thomas Clapham, Ros syn l. J.;
n Clark NOrthfcld, Mich; Jeremiah Comfort, WIZ
lam Penn Penn; and j. Cr0wCll. Pdtchogue, Il. l..
A large exhibit of live trout is made by Hugh ID.
Mc(ioyern, Of Brooklyn. in large glass tanks This
collection is composed OF dcmesticatcd trout Of diff
ferent sizes. raised in the owners ponds in
BROOKLYN. lie also had on exhibition several hatch
ing Jars showing the process OF matching the fish
from the eggs. This consists of glass vessel con-
tanning number Uf WIRE partitions rising one above
another fro. the bottom 20 the top. On these wire
screens the eggs are placed nntll they are hatched
In the one exhibited there was Quarity OF lalld-
locked salmon eggs about two months old. lncE
are so far advanced that some of the young lish
nave broken their shells and are able omove about
In the upper compartment are some trout eggs
which were prepared on Tuesday. Even these on
hcing examined with microscope, are seen to have
developed embryos capable of notion Another jar
contains young trout seven weeks old. collection
of live trout was also exhibited by james Amin. lr
from the CALEDONIA Ponds New-YOrk. The eXhlbl-
tion will continue to-day and Tomorrow.