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FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



No. 10969. Asparagus. H. Calbiac, San Francisco. This sample AVUS bought from 

 Chas. I. Kellogg, 602 Ninth street NW.. and cost 15 cents. The part of 

 the label which was legible read: "-Asparagus. Ren6 Calbiac [or 'Gal- 

 biac.'] San Francesco." 



The can was slightly corroded. Some salicylic acid was found, but 

 no copper, lead, or zinc. 



No. 11146. Poinies (Vasperge. Dandicollej- Gaudin, Bordeaux. This sample was bought 

 from J. H. Magruder, 1122 Connecticut avenue NW., and cost 40 cents a 

 bottle. The label read : "Pointes d'asperge. Daudicoile & Gaudin." 



Two bottles were bought of this sample. They were of glass with 

 lead tops. As the contents differed in color they were analyzed sepa- 

 rately. No. 11146 A was of a dark yellow color; No. 111-16 B, very 

 light. The former contained but a trace of salicylic acid, though that 

 preservative was present in some quantity in the latter. Neither U A" 

 nor U B" contained copper. 



Asparagus Weigh ts. 



Asparagus. 



