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Show TO PLANT JAPANESE OYSTERS IN AMERICA PORTLAND, Or., ' May 1C Japanese oysters are to be planted In Taqulna bay, where it is believed they will attain a larger size than in their native waters. On the steamship Nlcomedla, which arrived ar-rived Sunday were two tubs of oysters consigned to Taqulna, where they will be forwarded at once. These bivalves came from Kansgawa, to the northward of Yokohama, and are considered the best to be obtained in Japan. . i r Oysftf-s of the same variety have been successfully transplanted in Shoal Water bay, "Washington, and there they, have grown much larger than at Kanagawa. The oysters arriving on ' the Nlcomedla were found to be in excellent condition. |