Grown in floating bags in the Maryland end of famed Chincoteague Bay, Snow Hills temper the burning salinity of Virginia Chincoteagues with a little more Maryland freshwater sweetness.
Boutique oysters grown by the Quahog bay Conservancy in Harpswell, Maine. 100% of profits go toward restoring the bay’s water quality. Very limited supply.
Grown in suspension culture in Discovery Bay, an extremely cold and clean bay that opens right onto the Straits of Juan de Fuca, and then finished on the beach to harden their shells, which retain the purple and pink streaks you see in suspension-grown oysters.
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Grown the tidal Weskeag River in South Thomaston, (The word “Weskeag” is actually the Abenaki term for a tidal river.) You have two options with Weskeags: The surface-grown Snow Points, and the bottom-grown Submarines. The Snow Points are nice and...
Farmed in Ninigret Pond, one of Rhode Island’s abundance of prime salt ponds, guarded by the barrier beach of East Beach. Grown in off-bottom cages and tumbled frequently. The runts are tossed back to overwinter on the bottom so they cup up–unusual for...
The alabaster companion to Abigail Carroll’s verdant Nonesuch oysters, Abigail Pearls are raised in the same crisp waters of the Scarborough River estuary, but kept in off-bottom bags instead of finished on the bottom, which keeps their shells snowy and their...
The purest expression of Cascade Range minerality in an oyster, these are grown by Skagit Shellfish near the mouth of the Skagit River, which drains the snowy mountains to the east. Fresh, sweet, low-salt, unique terroir. Three sizes available.
Most oysters from Delaware Bay are lacking in salt, but Cape May Salts are grown in bags staked to the beach in the less developed, saltier southern end of Delaware Bay, near Cape May, closer to the mouth and the Atlantic’s briny waters.
Any oyster from Long Island Sound can be called a Bluepoint. Most come from the Connecticut side. They are semi-wild: In the summer, beds of bottomland are cleared and fresh shell is spread on them. Baby oyster spat sets on the shells, and is then transferred to grow...
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