Excerpt from A Review of Oyster Culture and the Oyster Industry in North AmericaAs indicated earlier, oystermen in Massachusetts and Long Island Sound currently receive and respectively, per bushel of high-quality oysters, i.e., those destined for the half-shell market. The average price for Delaware River oysters is only to per bushel, although those culled for the half-shell market may receive to per bushel. These make up a very small percentage of the total, however, as the majority of the oysters harvested are shucked rather than sold in the shell.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.