Report U.S.F.C . 1888. 
Plate LXXXVII. 
C HART G. 
Percentages of Nutritive Ingredients and “Water 
IN SHELL CONTENTS, FLESH AND LIQUIDS, 
Of specimens of Oysters, Clams, and Mussels. 
From different localities, and from the same locality at different times. 
PROTEIN FATS CARBOHYDRATES ASH WATER 
Oysters with maximum water-tree substance .. 
TT 
« Stony Creek in April 
« « u * November...... 
u u u u March 
u Fair Haven in April 
II 
1 
ii_ 
„ u a .. November. 
a .. March 
II 
il 
.. Blue Point in April 
II 
„ a November.... . 
1 
u m «« « February 
u Shrewsbury in .April 
« .. « November. 
„ a Februaiy 
U Potomac, transplanted, s 3 weeks. . . 
u tl u i< 6 manths. . 
James a « 5 weeks. ... 
„ M „ « 6 months... 
Loot: clams, maximum water-free substance.. 
( My n area aria) 
a * mmimum a « « — 
1 1 
II 
« .. average 
Round clams (Venus mercenaria) 
Mussels ( Myttius eduJis) 
