322 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FiSH COMMISSION. 



very soft. It was killed late in June, and was full of roe. — Leonard 

 V. Green, Norwich, Conn. 



190. Not good when spawning; otherwise very fine. — Only 

 one, but about spawning season. It was strong tasted. I am assured. 

 however, that they are very fine at other seasons, and even then if too 

 young to spawn. — I. W. Mewborn, Macon, Tenn. 



191. Not good in AUGUST; small ones vert fair. — We have 

 tried one weighing; 10 pounds, and gave away others about that size. 

 They were stuffed and baked. 1 think they are the poorest food-fish 

 ever eaten. Even the smell is offensive. July 25, 1883. 



The large car}) I wrote about as being so offensive when cooked was 

 served up in the month of August. 



The small carp, say \ pound to \\ pounds, we catch with worms at 

 the present time. The parties who have eaten them say they think 

 them a very fair pan fish. — William Griswold, Jobstovm, X. J., July 

 30, 18S3. 



192. Results of eating carp soon after spawning time. — It 

 must be remembered that the taste of mankind is so different that what 

 would delight one would disgust another. We had a carp boiled by a 

 German, but none of our party liked it thus cooked. The next was 

 stuffed splendidly and baked. This was found more palatable. Asa. 

 pan fish we must say that those fortunate people who know how a 13- 

 inch freckle, such as you catch in Surrey and Sussex Counties, tastes 

 will not take any stock in this new comer. But my opinion is that 

 on a cold, frosty morning in October the carp will be found to be good 

 eating, if properly cooked. — li. A. Martin, in the Petersburgh, Ya., 

 Index Appeal, August 12, 1SS2. 



193. Do not eat carp in spawning season.— Last November oue 

 gentleman got a carp 20 inches long, and all who ate of it said it was 

 O. K. Two others tried one, each in spawning season, and said they 

 were not good. Of course these persons knew nothing of carp culture. — 

 S. J. Alexander, Macon, Tenn., July 3, 1883. 



104. Inferior and sickening after two weeks' confinement 

 IN A railroad tank. — It was in the months of December and Feb- 

 ruary that I tasted the carp. On one occasion I caught four out of my 

 pond and pnt them in a railroad tank containing some 5,000 gallons of 

 water which was changing every day or so. I put them in there, not 

 for the purpose of changing their condition or edible qualities, but I was 

 expecting a friend who was thinking of getting some, and ! wanted him 

 to taste them. I put them in the tank so that I could take a net and 

 get them at any minute. But my friend did not come at the time I 

 expected him and the carp remained in the tank over two weeks, being 

 fed in the meantime on bread alone. This tank is a large wooden tub 

 containing over 5,000 gallons of water. I served the carp in three dif- 

 ferent ways for the table, and in all the different ways it still retained 

 its muddy, strong, fishy, sweet, sickening taste. Three out of four who 



