TRAILING FUCHSIAS 
CULTURE — For those who 
wish to show their skill, one 
plant per basket is recom- 
mended. For a more immedi- 
ate effect, three are used. All 
hanging basket types should 
be pinched, just above a pair 
of leaves. We permit three or 
four pairs of leaves to develop, 
then pinch. This causes the 
side branches to form at each 
leaf and these in turn are 
pinched back. By this pro- 
cedure, bloom is sacrificed at 
the beginning, but a much bet- 
ter shaped plant 1s the result. 
As all fuchsias bloom on new 
growth, when shaping 1s ac- 
complished, there will be a 
wealth of flowers. All plants 
should be pruned back severely 
when danger of frost is over, MELODY 
and a mulch of cow manure, 
well rotted, should be applied. Feeding of a weak solution of cow manure water should take 
place every two weeks during the growing season. 

ABUNDANCE (Niederholzer *44)—Compact plant, rose sepals, pale Bishop blue corolla. Heavy 
bloomer, strong grower. 
AMERICA (Niederholzer ’41 )—Single red corolla, long pointed sepals, bright rose red on inside. 
Long tube flesh, tinted rose. Strong grower, requires frequent pinching. 
ANNA (Reiter °45)-—Very large double corolla magenta, sepals, tube and base of petals bright 
carmine. Strong grower, extremely showy, tops in its color. 
AUTUMNALE (Meteor )—Bright colored foliage, bronze and orange. Flowers have red sepals and 
purple corolla. Worth growing for foliage. 
BERTHA LEE—Beautiful holly-like foliage. Flowers are pink, streaked with cerise in corolla and 
sepals deep rich rich pink. Reminds us of strawberries and cream; luscious. Slow grower. 
BLACK PEARL (’46)—Tube and sepals, turkey red. Corolla deep, almost black, glowing purple. 
Bushy and heavy bloomer. Very showy. 
BRAZIER (Reiter ’47)—Medium size tlowers. Ashes of roses coloring. Good grower and bloomer. 
BUBBLE HANGER (’46)—Single large flowers. Corolla flesh at tase, deeping to rose madder, tube 
and wide sepals light apricot pink. Stands heat well and is very eye catching. One of our 
favorites. 
BUTTERFLY (Reiter, Sr., 42 )—Single, self coloring of rose bengal and crimson. Corolla is very 
large and spreading. A showy fuchsia. 
CHRYSANTHEA (’45)—Large flowered double, petals loose, lavender purple, sepals bright red. 
A beautiful basket plant. 
COUQUETTE—Red tube, white sepals and bluish purple single corolla. A fine plant in every way. 
ECSTACY (Tiret ’48 )—An exquisitely colored variety. Form like Flirtation, coloring like Treasure. 
Inner petals hyacinth blue, outer same color splashed at base with phlox pink, broad granu- 
lar sepals neyron rose, green tips. Huge flower for this color class. Fine. 
FALLING STARS (’42)—Strong grower, medium size flowers which are scarlet and deep salmon. 
Unusual coloring in Trazler. Stands heat. 
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