Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-26
OYSTERS IN SEASON.
A. EXPERIENCED DEALER TELLS
WHAT NJ KNOWS ABOUT THEM
The Universal Demand and How 1t IL
supplied The Number New York
Devours in n iIay Oyster
Planting.
New YORK Mail and F.xpress.'

= WI We PICiit} Va OSStCiS tulS
season, said a veteran oyster dealer Of
the North river whulesaie market. Il
have received advices from ali who fur.
nish me VITA the biva.vcs. rom them [
can assure the lovers of oysters that there
w,li DC no scarc.t,. We NAV have To
send farther for them than in years gone
b., "
Where do you expect to get the oys.
tcrs:"
"A considerable number will be
brought lrOia the James river. The o.
toinac promises 10 furnish a large
quantity. baltimore aud The shores
oi eastern irginia bid fair to add
%l"r7eLl to The su pply. Besides these there
wiii he about The usual quantity from
rince bay. t prE. Shrewsbury river.
In't river. Iockaway. the sound and
other places nearer home. There need he
NO fear o! "A famine IN The oyster market.
"Ilow inany oysters Will be required
Tor the o. enins III the season."
-" rom lhe orders received by the diff.
ferent whoirsaie oy sier dealers there
Was needed for the first day Of sep
TENDER from 10. 900 10 10. 90 bushels for
New .ork- Il bu,hel contains from 100
10 %, according 10 SIZE. That makes
from ~. 100, 90 to -, 90, 900 oy STEERS. "
Ina, seems Il large number, Is each
d., : demand as great"
-lrety nearly. / should say that dur.
ing the Wuuic season fully ~, 900. 900 oys
ters RECKONING al the average rate Of bi.
waves 10 the lusnel, will be required TO
supply the market each day. The con.
sumption al oysters Is very large lone
ale eaten III The regular meals, others as
q sort Vi Injury. Ike &c cream in sum
iner. But o sicrs seem AVA $ TO be in
good demand during the season. When
scarce. il Is hard worA TO keep up the sup.
. but /, has to be done somehow or al
other.
Gu speak Of The season. Are not
oysters good al the year round"
ies. bul it w1u d not do if the de.
mand should be kept up all the summer
Is heavy as IL Is in the winter. Nyslers
would run out, and it would re ,ui:e
zane laws to project them from e. Tire
destruction. ~ II is. many natural
oyster beds have beeu an iii atcd through
reck ess t,h.ng he demaad is eudered
less BY It's bciug con ,ldercd u~nheatIy to
eat oysters wheu lhc letter "r" dOes not
nEpeag in the name OF ne month THIS
a.lUw> The oysters time to spawn and 10
u great extent protects them without the
exercises OF tho game w Dcs.des
which it helps Tie trade IN Clans. There
ar.' per SONS 50 much ne med u Tie use of
shell sh that iuey ice they cannot live
thou eating sOmctn!ly OF the bivai e
lima. OF Z Een.Iy. when oysters are
sat Of season, tbey co sumo e AIMS, aud
khlS GIy oysters II resi-, as IL were
". ruiti> atI'n If lLe uys;er is as
t4ar4 Is business uuW as tee rais NJ OF
sart.n ,r4cA. 4ou would lie surprised.
> ,.c s,aA >tl $ cou d he had. at the mum
~ -! persons no" engag u in Ia arti-
lr Il ploilction OF 0 slers. The oyster
~&s at ONE time tie IA. lni product of
tLe Amir can waters. ears 40 IL was
oily n.ccssary u LA Tor tie ~ Ow. as
mucn car, has 10 be "a en III planting
tIcm "a, n llaniinE .iccn s:u /. To 100
a. q, ,ier p!tltatlon saS .nlcI q crime as
81 rob It garucd. Ant there are p.enty OF
oyster thieves. too. .an, NJ oysters has
lac, oMe ute a trada or pr .ession.
pHIcLeycr you may line ~ call
il. and the prepa ati"r OF oys;ers
FOR cal ny has also become an art
lou would think by reading The signs un
a. IN oy ,ter saloon that there are only a
few ways of preparing oy slers tor use.
tut # on 60 L. / eimonicOs S, or some OF
tue rst class hotels. You will find there
are as many WAYS of cooking OF sicrs as
there are ~ariet.es. | could not name all
the WAYS that oysters cooked. but still
they do not seem t, be su ,cient 10 suit
to. demands Of epicure,. and more ways
are being invcated every seaSol by tht
J rcucn aud Other .oreign cooks. | re-
member the time wren the people of
ew lork were content with either q
raw. n stew, u fry or a broil. Blu now
o sters have to be . up a Ia something
or other
Are o sters shipped largely into the
int ior wner hey a e Ii I produced?"
les. The quantities hat 90 west are
something enormous. They are opened
near the place If reduction. and alter
being carefully packed are sent of by
rail. Even with the cost of transporla.
I on They can be shipped so that they are
supp led 10 actua nearly as
chcapl as in New York. The canning pro
cess has made them reach their destlna-
ton n nearly as good a condition AS when
fresh opened. IF course there is q differ.
cnce. but TO those who cannot get the
fresh oy ster. ,iO se canned or Darreled
form a delicious substitute. | do not
tn nix much OF tie supply which comes to
this market is thus disposed OF. TIL 80
who C. me here ure either actually con.
sumed in the city or in the outli ing towns
and villages. GU must rccollect that
there is u very large iopulation residing
within a short distance Of New ork.
They get their supply of fresh oysters
from or through this market When this
Is taken Ito consideration it will easily
ne understood that a supply of 20. 200. 900