New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-03
TIE TRADE ~ OYSI ERS.
A BUSINESS WHICH BEGINS SEPTEMbEk l.
OUTLOOK FOR THE PRESENT sEAs"N-s"irr'N"
OYSTERS ABRoAD-wHERE THE OYSTERS NOW

A BUSINESS WHICH BEGINS SCI lEMbi>h l.
OUTLOOK FOR THE PRESENT sEAsoN-sHiPPiNd
OYSTERS ABRoAD-wHEgE THE OYSTERS NOW
IL MARKET CONE FROM.
The regular dealers of New-York unite In saying
that the prospects of trade for the present season
arc better than they have been for seVe NJ wears.
The orders for the home supply are coming ID carrier
and III larger numbers than usual, ana the indlca-
lions already point to considerable III,
crease in the Western trade and III the demann
from abroad Equally fortunate Tor Inc oys'eIneh
is the fact that the oyster crop for tins season prom
ises to he unusually large, and VIII propaoiy ne
eonal to the demand after the season IS larry
opened II is curious fact nat on h tne nru Gay Oh
rush. What the weather may be at the
time matters little TO TIE oyster cater'
WHY. my trade gularly is fully 30 per cent bet
ter on the first day of september than on the last
dav of August" said +. Doilon, the wcll-knowr
oyster dealer Of Fulton Market. toa TRIBUNE re:
nor;er IL is all nonsense TOO" lie added. 1or II
care is taken IN selecting the oysters they are as
good in August as in September. At this season
of the year the only trouble is that thcy VIII Dol
keep long; but the good ones. when fresh are a., eX
act az good al any other time OF me year; WIN
careful selection good oysters are Ont ,ined all the
year round. The reason Is that whle the shoai
oysters are spawning the deep ones are good, and
wren the deep oysters are spawning the shoals are
all right But the general idea seems to oe that
all oysters become good on september l."
Al the bukh .ad at the foot of West Ienth-st.
seventeen oyster-barGes moored on Nednes-
day ana the men of each barge were at work open
ING and preparing oysters for shipment mrinber
az one Of the firms said 1--WE opened 10000 oys-
ters Yesterday aud ar 10000 short Of tie dema;d
to-day All the boats ale in about the same cOhd-
non We shipped 50 coo TO Chicago Yesterday, and
we have had 20 telegraph 10 PhiI&delpma dealers
that We cannot snip them any to-day" IL inter
estinp TO note that Philadelphia and Baltimore
depend on Nev-YOr< for heir early supply OF 0ys-
ters. At the former city the trade depends largely
on the Morris RveT supply, winch Is not avallaoie
before September -. The Baltimore supply l. SAID
to he small thIs season. especially az 10 large oys-
ters and shipments Of the larger Princes BAY vaii-
efIes are forwarded t. that city every DAY. Inc
| tl.uN y lar pn.f
nj Chicago at this time of the year, although
| shjpmenis are made TO Louisville. 81. LOUIS GIN
cInuati and other large cities. Later IN the sea-
son the Western trade changes 10 the Baltimore
| oysters California shipments do not begin much
Tnrrc is growing demand for oysters abroad.
The prefercnce there Is for the small oysters OF
Long Island SOUND The reports this season are 10
th. effect that the demand abroad especially III
Eupanc viii be largely excess # previous years.
4 representative of III finn OF J. q }. ". Ellsworth,
nj III q foot OF Cha,cs-st., gave 10 Il RlBUNE re-
porter the following official figures Of the foreign
oyster trade with tiS CITY last year:
To England. ...... IS rs To navre........... 26s
To Han Durg. 2313 Total........--. Ooooi
To Brcmcn..".-...- 511
"Our first shipment was made yesterday" he
said although large quantities are not sent untll
later III the season. Ii consisted OF twenty-five
barrels Last season our first REGULAR shipment was
made October 25. ana was 1.230 barrels. The
quantity increased from this 20 3,1Gs barrels which
oysters sent ahro ID are eaten on the hait-she III
the streets But the taste for them is beng acquired
more extensively each year. We have oyster beds
on The Msdway. about twenty-five mics from Lon
don. where we plant the oysters III The wlrier and
carly spring, SO to have enough 10 last until The
fall supply arrives"
An ldca of the extent of the oyster trade may be
learned from the fact that when the season Las
fairly begun. 100000 oysters a day are opcued
on single one Of the oyster bdrges
besides those that arc shipped un-
opened. The pT.cos this season, It
is SAID will average 10 per cent higher than iaaj
season. One OF The reasons gwen for tins is tga t'ie
cost Of ice ia which 10 pack the oysters VIII mel
times as much az year ago. ne oysters thai are
IN the market at present are chiefly those Known as
" Sbrev sburvs" agd sounds" The SireTsbufyS
are gathered IN the Shrewsbury Inlet and nelEhOor-
ing creeks, those from the creeks beng
better at this time than ne otdera. ihe
Blue Point oysters are projected by law until SEP
icmber 10 although many dealers clam 20 have
that variety on hand already.
The planting OF Oystcr> has become an extensive
industry within tuc last few years, and the M
proyement of the housc5 OF oyStermcn on Long
lsaud indicates the prosperity o. those engaged
IN #. Largo planting beis are situated al
Princes Bay lust ont Of the NarrGHS; at south
Norwalh aud az other places on Tie Sound. They
are p.anted in June, JHly and August, and mature
in bont three years. LOIS Of four acres each have
been land oui by oyster planters on the Sound. aud
thrr owners have formed ali Oyster flabtcr, Asso-
citation for tie purpOse OF protecting their oyster
beds from thieves.