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like beer. These new cold drinks may be retailed for five cents per 

 bottle; and present indications suggest their future popularity. About 

 thirty gallons of hot cassina were served each day for fourteen days 

 during the Charleston (South Carolina) County Fair in 1922. 

 Judging from the demand, it is concluded that the beverage has very 

 promising commercial possibilities. There were also served from 750 

 to 1500 glasses of the carbonated beverages made from cassina, which 

 also indicates distinct commercial possibilities. It is reported by 

 Mr. J. W. Sale of the U.S. Government Bureau of Chemistry, that 

 cassina flavor blends well with other flavors, such as ginger, lemon, 

 orange, spearmint, wild cherry, pineapple, caramel color, etc. A 

 formula for cassina ice-cream has been developed. This ice-cream 

 has a vanilla-like flavor. It was sold in Washington during a recent 

 (1923) convention of about sixty thousand people by whom it was 

 very favorably received. 



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