(turns out its an) old TruAde bottle

This one was found in my neighborhood near the curb one day last summer looking pretty much just like it does here, but with similar brown mud/dirt on its outside as it still is on its inside, and with a (to my naked eye) mostly faded-to-unreadable printing on it. I still contend (hope?) some neighbor person must have, probably literally 'unearthed' it while digging in their own yard -- then purposely laid it out by their curb (instead of just tossing it in the trash can) in case "somebody else" (me!) might have wanted it.

I kinda like lots of my neighbors (and tenants that come and go outta rent houses) because folks *do* tend to leave potentially good stuff (even small stuff) by the curb or otherwise visible to passers by (me!) who might want to make things go away before they get buried in the dumpster carts instead. ;-) ;-)

Anyway, it's just been sitting on my porch rail since and today I actually looked closer at it and took some pics for this showing. I still really couldn't make out what its name had been until reviewing the pics when it showed up better -- then a quick check of the googles popped up this at the top of the list.

http://fransfinest.com/a-brief-history-of-tru-ade

SO I guess that settles that part -- what exact flavor and/or age remains unknown to me. The bottom of the bottle does have numerous marks in it that might help date it, and/or the ingredients on its back (pic 4) which kinda seem to read that it had "fruit juice concentrate" in it that might hold a clue too, since the article above mentioned that fruit juice was eliminated from the later production.

That's about all I can say about it...if any of y'all real soda bottle collectors can add anything to my guesswork, please feel free to share the clues!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)