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Fruit Syrups

The important thing that makes or mars your soda water trade is the quality of the fruit syrups that form the flavors. The real fruit syrups are the only ones that give the true fruit flavor. The real essence of fruit is the best to give your patrons to guarantee satisfaction and success. Crushed fruits should be made only from the fresh, ripe article, or bought from standard makers of this class of goods. To make and serve the best soda you must have the purest of syrups, the freshest crushed fruits and the truest flavorings. In former years it was the general custom to use nothing but essences and extracts for soda, but during the last ten years a change has taken place and nearly all first-class dispensers of soda are using pure fruit syrups and so-called crushed or liquid fruits, both of which are made from selected fruits and sugar only. The fruit syrups are made from pure fruit and put up with sugar, either in gallon jugs, kegs or barrels. The crushed or whole fruits are made from selected fruits, either of domestic or foreign origin and pure cane sugar, very carefully prepared, and put up generally in half-gallon air-tight jars after being duly pasteurized. The natural flavor of the respect-ive fruits is preserved without the addition of any chemicals whatever. Some few flavors such as ginger, birch and sarsaparilla, cannot very well be produced from the fruits by crushing and pressing, but are made by distillation.