Pages tagged Belon
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Maine Belon
European flat oysters brought from the Netherlands in 1949 took hold near Boothbay Harbor and spread along Maine's coast. A small wild fishery harvests them today.
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Damariscotta River, Maine
A cold tidal river lined with oyster farms and raw bars, where ancient Wabanaki shell heaps show people have eaten oysters here for two thousand years.
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Nonesuch
A Scarborough, Maine farm whose oysters spend their final year loose on the river bottom, with 9 to 12 foot tides mixing fresh and salt water.
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Belon
The flat oyster that made a small Breton river famous: raised elsewhere in Brittany, then finished in the Bélon estuary for its hazelnut taste.