Cal-Ade...'Nectar of Tree Ripe Oranges'

Canadacan · Dec 24, 2015

I discovered this brand when researching Thorpe's of Vancouver BC and found out they were distributing it. To date I have not seen a bottle, but have seen crowns. They must not have had the same success asTrue- Ade.
This is a sign I have an opportunity to aquire, but would like to know more about the brand.

Here you can see Cal-Ade advertied on a Thorpe's delivery truck in Vancouver BC... Late 20's early 30's.

And also at the Vancouver exhibition in 1930.

Canadacan · Dec 24, 2015

Well this is the name patent ftom October 3, 1925.....and the name was also revived in 1966.
CAL-ADE

NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES-NAMELY, AN ORANGE DRINK

Owned by:*EXCHANGE ORANGE PRODUCTS COMPANY, THE

Serial Number:*71221177

A little further research reveals that Exchange Orange Products Company owned 5 trademarks?

Canadacan · Dec 25, 2015

Well this is interesting.... In the 1950's Sunkist and Exchange Orange Products Company were sued for basically having a monopoly on Valencia Oranges. Anyways here is a snippet of the case that reveals Sunkist owned EOP.....

Sunkist Growers, Inc., a corporation, was sued in the district court originally under its former name, California Fruit Growers Exchange. It is and has been a nonprofit agricultural cooperative marketing association. The second defendant, The Exchange Orange Products Company, a corporation, was sued in the court below as The Exchange Orange Products Company. At all times it was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunkist.*

This is the link.
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/284/1/427086/

Well now more questions.... When did Sunkist aquire EOP?...
And what were the other trademarks under EOP?

Canadacan · Dec 25, 2015

According to this book Sunkist developed the Exchange Orange Products Company in 1926.
I can only assume the Cal-Ade product was discontinued while the company continued the processing opperations.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=Za...age&q=exchange orange products company&f=true

So in short EOP is Sunkist!... So where are the bottles from Cal- Ade?.... Did they possibly only use paper labeled bottles?.... If so you would think a lable must exist somewhere.

2find4me · Dec 28, 2015

I saw your facebook posts and I have been on the lookout. I found this bottle a while back, it is on the orange drink topic with a similar name. "Tru-Fruit" Sunny-Fruit Wonder Orange Drink -> LINK. I sold it a while back.

2find4me · Dec 28, 2015

A Cal-Ade Soda Cap -> LINK
Cal-Ade Fire Warning Sign -> LINK Sold for $51.

Cal-Ade Trademark -> LINK & LINK
Informative link about Sunkist & EOP -> LINK
EOP filed in 1958 -> LINK

Check out this Cal-Ade Metal Sample Cap (W.E. Rumming, Nanaimo, B.C.) -> LINK
And here are a couple of W.E. Rumming Nanaimo, B.C. Bottles -> LINK & LINK (I am assuming he was a bottler of Cal-Ade)About W.E. Rumming and his bottles... -> LINK He bottled a few acl sodas and has one known paper label soda.

Cal-Ade Ontario Article -> LINK
Also found a snippet stating M.C. Anthony of the San Diego Soda Works bottled Cal-Ade from 1933 Directory. Cool Pic of the San Diego Soda Works:

In 1925, M.C. Anthony was the Proprietor of the Brawley Bottling Works.
In some places, Cal-Ade is called an orange extract and concentrate for dairy drink.
Just for reference, Thorpe & Co. was in business from 1889-1935.
The bottles must be scarce, as I could not find an example anywhere.

Canadacan · Dec 28, 2015

Thanks for the extra info! I did a post on Thorpe's a while back https://www.antique-bottles.net/showthread.php?666470-Cross-Co-Vancouver-B-C-1894-1963

But during that research found little to no references to Cal-Ade.....finding the sign in my local shop has rekindled the flame to find a bottle! I had no clue that WE Rumming bottled the product as well!
So it seems that it was a very well distributed product. The photo of the San Diego Soda Works is great.

Here is that other Cal-Ade sign approx. 7x10 inches... and the Rumming crown (killer man!), it would stand to reason then that there were crowns marked Thorpe's or Country Club Beverages...their successor.

This appears to be a latter crown with no city or bottler marked.

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jblaylock · Dec 29, 2015

I don't have any info to add to your research, but I wanted to say that "Nectar of tree ripe oranges" sounds delicious....I'd drink it!

Canadacan · Aug 28, 2016

Well I finally bit the bullet and got the sign!!!....it did sit in the store since December of last year, so 8 plus months, and it was reduced from the original...plus he knocked it down further

Colors are bright...it is pretty crinkly but I suppose being a tacker they did that quite easily...but I'm really stoked to have this super tough to find sign in my collection

CreekWalker · Aug 28, 2016

Yeah, that's a great sign! Congrats!

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