New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-01
CLOSE OF THE OYSTER SEASON

The ovster season closed last night Only the
fishermen IN Fulton Market, however, were sent-
mental enough to sit up till II O'Clock to see the
oyster season out and the clam season In Theirs
was little regret that the oyster had been gathered
To his own for the reason that rhe supply has been
moor and the demand poorer. During the last year
The oyster has fallen off considerably IN quality.
Heretofore he has been fat aud sometimes sancyi
INT of late he has become thin and watery 50 that
there was nothing left of HIM but skin ana
bones-principally bones. lt Is thuugnt
by some that the cause of the degeneracV OF !no
oyster is either from leading an idle me- OF sttine
nm late nights. b that 1t may, II is true mat
Discicuurists using every endeaVor TO prey,nt
the falling oil OF oyster II possible roi iaS
around the beds. The loss OF t.lose oysters tna1
would climb over the railing would be practcIiiy
Tpneyng thai E. G. Black ford, of Fulton Market,
| would probably have as many regrets "a any QUO
over tue close of the oyster season, lkiboNh TO
porter called OF hun YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, M:
| BlaclIford wiped away a ,ear aud remarked
| "Tne oyster season closes to-ngnI All
of the largo hotels i 10 ,h the ,,oro iIy
nriucIpally because the bill, OF fare are male ouc
ON Monday morning for the We X, ana ~ WIS "1S
desirable that they should he enaneeI, "tar in
mV ppopth witnout an r. IN It, the trade falls "H
and practically ceases ut this time OF the year.
There I, no law, however, galnsteatig tuch al'eI
| this month: It's only popular fancy .,
Has the business been good TINS season -
No. indeed, it mas been very unsatisiaeto o
~. n1 tn Is in the trade a, East River oysters.
which means those taken on the n9rtn sluo
of Long Island and on the Counecticut shore, hsS
Heen almost worthless. They were poor thh ana
waierv A great many OF the cagoes Drousht ,roll
that section either have been returned anu Jul DoS
in their little beds or wholly tnfown ava wa, Snt%
q the hest oysters ave come from IN" Treat oouen
Raw IN the yclnIty OF Blue Point ana fatcho@ue.
Wbv are Long Island and Connecticut oysters
p'W We really don't know the cause, but we attrib'
ute il to want of proper tood;
ION what do 0ysiers feedi
Haw do they like Il best. fried, broile1, or on
toastT Th. ov.tsr ia q x,rv nop.c om-
munIca i've 'cuss,' SO can't answer you. The best
tars nj the season have come from the Shrews-
bnry River, n j. There WAS httle Hurry among
the Shire wsbury oystermen some time aso, on ac-
count of the appearance OF greenlsh tlnge on the
Svslers That was proved. however. To oe merely
Kind of green algse that was floating about Dur
inc the summer we shall continue our experiencing
in sconnecIion with the artificial propagation or
oysters and hope to bring the question 10 sue
cessful solution. Professor hice VIII DO this WORK
Have many on sters been shipped to Europe this
Very few, indeed compared with the number
| aged about 20 per cent higher this year. And now
| the oy ster, having made his bow ana passed OH
the stage, the festive clam comes on. us,or hmm.
" Has much money been made III the oyster JUN
ness this year I" ,c..;,.
Very little. The Long Island and Conpectic 81
| oystermen nave lOSt u great ucai vi hoheJ' s
oysters up there will be all right nefS
season, 1 think It's one OF tho so
| things that sometimes occur 10 ;.,a .nJ
| Suffered IN the same way At many seaside resorts
on sters are used all the SUMMER on acoouD. VI s
nearness oil the beds and the ability 70 ges i co.
ones Oysters are not necessarily oa1 uur!ns anv
Simmer n. ey are. of course more oibicnit to keep
| during the warm weather. During July "nu A's"'
| they are fultoi spawn. an Aha rs-
norter arose 10 eo we shall oegin shipplng spsci.
mems OF the various kinds of food tissues so% ~ m
narKet to the International Fishery ~, three In
Ionuon. We shall send every week iroin .ns' ~
i've different kinda OF fish during the con'huSAs'
| OF the exhibition