r shrunken, are raked into heaps and taken off the beds. In most what was known as the “Virginia oyster trade.” The and oysters from some localities, when fresh from the instances, however, the beds are always under water seed oysters were freighted to New York in small sail- beds, have a bitter,… … ing form which they usually bear time the growth is complete and when sold to the consumer. The to the Oyster House. the marketable product results. oysters are transported to the During this time the oysters -nust market or opening houses in’ various ways, depending tongs or dredges. The tongs…
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