New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-02
TROUT EXHIBITED AT FULTON MARKET

A FINE DISPLAY AND MANY INTERESTED VISITORS.
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 unusually fine,
both in the quantity and varieties represented, and
attracted great crowd during the morning and
afternoon. Among the visitors were Professors +.
l.. YOumans and C. West, j. Carson BrevOOrt r. T..
Roosevelt and II. u. Sherman State Fish COmmls-
the city.
The exhibits we're on tables in groups and-the
live fish-in glass tanks and aquariums. The most
interesting collection was that from the New York
State Hatchery, eXlibtedby Seth Green. There
was a fine specimen of the California mountain
trout. weighing. three and half pounde, raised at
the hatchery. II differs from the native trout in
being larger and stronger, and s peculiar i'll having
large bright odd spots hybrid Of California
ing of the nature of both the salmon and the trout
1t had the general appearance of the salmon the
sides. but the square ta and notified back Of the
trout. specimen of French trout was shown
at one of the tables. II greatly resembles
the California tT0u; in having veTmiliOn spots.
Several English trout were on an adjoining table,
but on account of their inferior size and lack OF
color they were pronounced TO he poor specimens.
The grayling was represented by number of s2ccI-
There was lot of trout from New-liope. Penn,
sent by Thompson & Bros, and one from Earring
ton Conn.,. contributed by Levi Hodges. Some wild
trout sent by Charles b. Fisher. Spring Valley,
New-York, were of q peculiar light color-fXplaned
by fish cutursts to be owing to the character of the
the law being that fish are OF dark color in shaed
streams with dark bottoms. aud of Il light color
under the opposite condition.
Three large front of dark color and marked
with irregular reddish blotches were exhibited by
the South Side Club, Long Island. Among those
sent from distance WAS large trout from toilette
Canada. Other lots were displayed by NJ +. l}re
ncr, from Sacramento, Cal; j. ". HoXie, from Rich
mond, r. L.; a. RuckOw. Hampstead, l.. t.; Is. +.
Burtis from Ridgcwood, J.. J.; Campbell McNab,
from California; G. 7. ParlOw, wildwood Trout
Pond Massachusetts; Charles T., Dckerman, HOri-
con SPRINGS, N. H.; Thomas Chaplain, Roslyn. l.. IL
n. Clark NOrthfeld, Mich; jeremiah Comfort. Wiz
lam Penn, Penn; and j. Crowcll. Pdtchogue, l.. l.
A large exhibit of live trout is made by Hugh d.
McGovern, Of Brooklyn. in large glass tanks. This
collection is composed of domestcatcd trout Of diff
feIent sizes. raised in the owners ponds in
Brooklyn. He also had on exhibition several hatch
ing jars showing the process OF matching the fish
from the eggs. This consists of 4 glass vessel
tanning number OF WIRE partitions rising one above
another from tic bDttOm 10 the top. On these wire
screens the eggs are placed unLl they hatchcd.
In the one exhibited there quatnty of land
locked salmon eggs about two months old. They
are so far advanced that some of the young fish
have broken their shells and able OmOve about.
In the upper compartment some trout eggs
which were prepared on Tuesday. Even these. ON
being eXamin"d with microscope. are seen to have
developed cmbryos capable of motion. Another Jar
contains young trout seven weeks old. A collection
of live trout also exhibited by James Amin jr.
from the Caledonia Ponds. New-YOrk. The eXhlbi-
ton will continue to-day and Tomorrow.