The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-04-15
HOME RAISED OYSTERS.
John r. colburn Solves the Problem
and Starts q New Industry.

guests Oh Jtnu Il SDlDuTU, al nlS
Pearl Harbor residence. expressed
the opinion that the water OF his
spacious f.h pond there was Just
about what would be- agreeable TO
oysters. Mr.. Colburn was very
prompt in considering the sugges.
ton, for in the following mouth An
order for oy,ters to plant in his
pond went forward TO Sau Francisco
through the Oceanic Steamship
Company. The first lot consisted II
1900 California grown oysters. 1t
appears that none of this lot lived.
Later, through tho agency OF NJ. d.
Monaghan. til. "nys'.r king OF Calf
fornia," Mr.. Colburn procured 800
trausplanted Eastern oysters. Theses
proved to take more biudly to the
pearly waters, for at least 400 oi
Them have lived aud ,brived. They
have in many cases also yielded
spawn. Of which there is ocular evil
deuc. ia the beds. The old oysters
have grown aud ftttened in a way to
crafty the enterprisng culturIst,
80 that some OF them may now be
pronounced giants. A BULLETIN rep.
rasentative, who was treated to one
OF them, can testify that the flavor
is equal to that OF the best Eastern
oysters when taken fresh from the
water. 1t is we'll known that long
contact with ice robs both fish aud
flesh Of a great part OF its natural
flavor. The younger oysters i'll Mr..
Colburn's preserves, say Of . years
growth since coming from Ssu Fran
cisco, ara also Of remarkably tooth
some flavor.
For some time past Ne. Colburn
has been adding to the dumb deni-
zens OF his pond by every trip OF the
steamer Australia, until now he has
about 10000 oysters planted. He
has discovered that the limu moss
that abounds in our shoal and
brackish water is a food that the
oysters feed on with avidity. At
low water they can be- seen with
open mouths absorbing the nourish.
ment from this delicate marine
growth. II you pick one up it im.
med 'stely closes its trap. Mr.. Col
burn has been constantly studying
the habits OF the bivalvs since he
has gone into it's culture, so that the
proportion Of losses in those iui-
ported will doubtlessly show a
steady diminution. There is also
every reason to expect that in time
the spawn from the COLONY will
largely If not altogether obviste the
necessity OF importing oysters for
either fattsning or bresding.
Mr.. Colburn's enterprise has pro-
crossed SO far that he intends to b.
gin supplying the local market next
month. While he will have some
growing and fattening all the while,
the oysters rs he receives them from
the Coast are OF good marketable
size. Mr. Colburn has already by
special favor supplied his Pearl City
friends with oysters for particular
occasions, and the reel pients have
unqualitiedly pronounced the quality
to DO equal to the very BEST that eau
be obtained at the most favored
home OF the oyster abroad. When
he is ready to send the oysters to
market no will have an agency in
town to receive and fill orders, Of
which due notice will DO given.
For the success that now seems to
DO assured in this undertaking, Mr.
Colburu gives a goodly share Of
credit to the care with which his
orders have been attended to by Mr.,
Monaghan, previously referred TO-
~ we'll as the technical advice given
to him by that gentleman. la an
illustrated account of Mr.. Mora.
CHAN and his oyster fishery and diu,
ing place, the San Francisco Wasp
has the following: "rhs oyster beds
do not grow OF their own volition
They are as carefully cultivated a.
so many wheat fields, orchards OF
: vineyards. Mr.. Monaghan delight,
: in extending open handed hospital,
ity to his hosts OF friends, aud wher
the merry summer breezes blow
auspiciously, schooner loads OF OK
! cursionists are waited by invitation
: and free OF expense to his regal pos
sessions up the bay, where they isss
! like lords on the choicest selection
from the oyster preserves"
. This characteristics OF "the oyste
king OF California" that OF beinl
Z given to hospitality, belongs also L
Q the man who has earned the title O
; the "oyster pioneer OF Hawaii" Nj
I Colburn, ia his semi annual sojouru
t at his Pearl City residence, is mos
:. profuse in hospitality to his friends
+ From his hunting and fishing pre-
serves, to which now are adde