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The Bulletin. 



CREAM OF TARTAR. 



Cream of tartar, acid potassium tartrate, is a white crystalline pow- 

 der obtained from the crude cream of tartar which is deposited during 

 the fermentation of grape juice, and from the lees of wine. This acid 

 tartrate is the principal acid in grape juice, and remains in solution 



RESULTS OF THE EXAMINA- 



C3 <" 



8598 

 8903 

 8900 

 9295 

 8509 



Material and Brand 

 from Label 



Manufacturer or Wholesaler 



Retail Dealer or Party Who 

 Sent Sample for Analysis 



9294 

 8902 



Cream of tartar Antrim, C. W., & Sons, Richmond, 



Va. 



do Austin Nichols & Co., New York, 



N. Y. 



do - Austin Nichols & Co., New York, 



N.Y. 



do --- Bellamy, Robt. R., Wilmington, 



N. C. 

 ....do Carhart & Bro., New York, N. Y— 



do Colburn Tea and Spice Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



do . Durkee, E. R., & Co., New York, 



N.Y. 



do Fiacher,B.,&Co.. New York, N.Y 



8475 do Frank Tea and Spice Co., Cincin- 



I nati, Ohio. 

 8600' do- do *.--- 



8901] do Gilbert Bros., Baltimore, Md .- 



8476| do.- McCormick & Co., Baltimore, Md.. 



8599 do do - 



9296i.-. 



84781... 

 8477 ... 

 8904... 



.do Newton Tea and Spice Co., Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio 

 .do 



.do. 

 .do. 



City Grocery Co., Henderson 



Walter Credle & Co., Washington': 



F. Y. Arrington, Rocky Mount.. 



M. J. Skulkin, Wilmington 



J. W. Robertson, Scotland Neck.. 



Strickland & Lewis, Wilson 



Wilmington Grocery Co., Wil- 



! mington. 



D. Cummings & Co., Tarboro... 



W. R. Dorsett & Co., Raleigh 



Pitchford & Co., Oxford 



G. F. Jones, Rocky Mount 



A. S. Womble, Raleigh... 



Davis & Jones, Henderson 



W. G. Lowry, Rockingham 



Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Co., 



Raleigh. 

 W. B. Mann & Co., Raleigh 



W. Gray Willis, Washington 



DRIED FRUIT— CURRANTS, DATES AND RASINS. 



Dried fruit is the clean, sound product made by drying mature, prop- 

 erly prepared, fresh fruit, and conforms in name to the fruit used in 

 preparation. 



The law provides that a product is deemed to be adulterated: 



If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid 

 animal or vegetable substance unfit for food. 



It is a well known fact that such dried fruits as currants, dates, etc., 

 will in warm weather, unless kept in a very cool place, become wormy, 

 worm-eaten and unfit for food. The sale of such a product for human 



