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ticoke, and a few other places. Oysters also of a moderate size are 

 often brought north and laid clown for a season, that they niay in- 

 crease in size and acquire something of the flavor of the Northern 

 native, so superior to that of the Southern. The better kinds of the 

 Southern, such as the Lynn Haven Bays, Sandy Points, Cherrystones, 

 York Rivers, etc., are sent for immediate consumption to Baltimore, 

 Washington, Philadelphia, and some to New York. New Jersey, 



Fig. 2 European Oysters : Five Groups of Different Ages growing on a Stick 



of Wood. 



New York, and Connecticut, are the favorite planting-grounds. "When 

 the vessels return with the young oysters they are planted, that is, 

 scattered over the beds. As the lower side of the oyster is the 

 heavier, this generally secures its falling right side up. The seed, 

 or young oyster, is allowed to lie for from one to two years, seldom 

 three, when it is considered ready for market, and in that time it has 



