Evening journal., 1895-08-31
READY FOR THE OYSTER
The Luscious Bivalves Will
Be Dug Out Of Delaware Bay
AFTER SUNRISE ON MONDAY

mHurice River Cove tho Most Popular
oyster Through september some Of tho
boats That Win Arrive Here Next
week with Them New Way for Meas
urlne the Blyalvcs.
At sunrise Monday morning the oyster
season OF 1898 90 In Delaware bay aud
al over the coastwise country, In fact,
Will open and while tho supply does not
bid fair TO be abundant it will be OF
excellent quality the season through
Next week local dealers will receive
large consignments Of the bivalves from
Maurice river cove direct The first
schooner viii arrive on Tuesday morn iog
ls will be the Gipsy, in charge OF Captain
Hand, with 80 900 oysters On Thurs
day, the puugy Sylvan Dell. Captain
Riggau. will arrive with at least 3l. OC0
on board and on Friday evening, Captain
Wsstcott will being over the pungy
Weatcott with over 40, coo.
A prominent oyster dealer said TO an
EvENiNG JOURNAL representative TO- day
that the Maurice river cove oyster was
ths chief September product.
Later IA the season." he said, I'VE
handle Chincoteagues aud Cheeapeakes.
| fine salt oysters that are very popular in
town both for plate purposes aud In
stews The wholesale prices Of these are
alGo the same
1.-THE law 10 very strict In guarding
Delaware bay oysters Nothing can be
done on tho tets until sunrise Monday
morning when all hands viii turn ia TO
dredging aud loading They must also
stop every day at sunset aud there Is
such vigil kept on the oystermen and
the Instant old Sol disappears behind the
western hills, all work must stop
in the fancy oysters this season.
Blue Points will start of selling AZ 81
a barrel There are about 800 In =
barrel Rockaways Will sell for IS q
box These, however, are not like the
i boxes you buy on railway train from
| the newsboy. East Rivers will brlng IS
box. 81 Thousand; and Saddle Rocks
| $50 box
But in Wilmington we handle
chiefly the extra quality Maurice
River Cove oysters These range
In price from $3.50 to 81 90 per
thousand for culled, $6 90 to $720 =
thousand fer primes. The latter class
OF oysters are graded In New York ~
Selects, Extra Selects aud * y X
Selects.
until about four years ago there
were no oysters sold by the thousand IL
Wilmington, but altogether by tho halt
bushel Then the dealers shovelled out
Of their piles Of oysters. dirt aud shells
which had been thrust upon them by
wholesalers eager 20 fill lots OF bal
bushel measures. Now they ere solo
altogether by the thousand, and the
buyer gets nothing but oysters Every
oyster has to be counted 30 that ther,
can DO no mistake No man can guest
80 thousand. because o. slsrs are 90,
irregular 10 size.
Delaware Is stu bshind the times In
the admossurements Of oysters, however
because Ia the states north and east
none are sold by the quart or pint, anc
elsewhere they wouldn't know what o
quart OF oysters meant They are All
sold by the dozen, hflies or hundreds
open la that way. also, 3 man pays for
nothing but oysters
'Thoss Saddle Rock oysters mem
toned above-they sell for go a thou
sand-are the finest bivalves ia the
world They are exceptionally large
solid aud juicy. aud there are very few o
them To get = plata Of thess inaI
has.to pay extra. but he certainly get
something extra.