New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
OYSTER SEASON HERE.
Ne5U Yorbers Nay Feast To-day on
Blue Points or ROcka1cays.

The round or Little Neck. clam is relegated 10
the BACKGROUND on every hotel and restaurant
menu to-day and the oyster comes once more in'o
it's own Fer Is not to-day the LIST of September
And does not the new month boast or d IeItel -
which means. according to the popular adage' tEst
the delicious bivalve is once again IN season.
II viii be possible to begin ones dinner to-day
with either Blue Points Rockaways on the haiI
she'll or II ones taste dictates. an oyster COCK
tail may be ordered For several days oysters nave
been arriving al Fulton Market in large NUMBERS
and few are the rcstaurateurs Negligent as not
10 have laid In a supply. There has been CORE
spondinx fsIl.ny off in the orders for Little Neck
clans and the commission men say that the can
for them will decrease steadily as the oyster sea-
advances.
Oysters of course, to be had IN New 4ork
all the year around. and experienced oysterInen
are authority for the statement that the summer
oyster which Is raised especially for the nor
weather trade Is fully healtilful and paIatanle
as his cold weather brother. There IS a prejuoiee.
however, against eating oysters IN the spring anu
summer months which are spelled without the Ie.-
ter ~ and only few of them consumed "l'n
the coming OF cooler weather however, the cltys
thousands of oyster lovers are keen for thelr Ia
vorite seafood.
visit to oyster dealers yesterday resulted in
the pleasing Information that this probably would
be d good oyster year. Reports from the beds are
that the bivaIves plentiful and OF excellent
bodv and size This means that Of the oysters
which will be shipped to New York viii be. fat
when taken from the beds and dealers will not
have TO resort to drinking the oysters before
putting them on the market To drink an oyster
Is to Inrnerse It iii running fresh or slightly oTack
fish water and leave It there FOR twenty-four or
eo-,v-e,aht hours The oyster drinks In the water
and swells up. It presents fatter and therefore
better appearance for market. and. according 70
ve.eran ovstermen IS neither harmed nor bene-
ntea by the process provided the water In which
the Immersion takes places Is not polluted oy sew
age
For the present New Workers. viii have to De
content with Blue Point and Rockaway oysters.
both OF which come from Long Island waters. as
the Lynnhavens. which are Maryland oysters ana
the Cape Gods which come from New England
are not be had rule until iater IN the tali-
The oyster season last year was not particu-
larIy good one but there were thousands or smAii
oysters in all the beds and this wear these young
oysters VIII be large enough take from the beds
The oysternen have been busy for the last two
weeks getting ready for the oren season For the
present the bivalves will be raised from the BEDS
with the long tongs. the dredging season does
not begin until November 1.
Most of New Yorks oyster supply comes to the
city by boat and is landed at Fulton Market. al
though some OF the New England and Maryland
oysters are shipped by rail. From on. accord
ing TO a fulton Market commission merchant. up
ward Of two million oysters viii be consumed each
week In New York, and when cold weather arrives
the demand VIII be for nearly million oysters
a day
"Culls"-that is. the poorest srade-bring = a
thousand IN The shell at wholesale Bog oysters.
the kind used for frying. worth 50 thousand.
For opening oysters 81 a thousand is paid.
Oysters for use on the half shell bring from 81 20
20 so a barrel. Blue Points. which the cheap
est run from i.5to to 1850 to the barrel. while
I-yunhayens which bring the highest price. aver
age about 100 to the barrel