1949 REITER OFFERINGS 
As usual the La Rochette Nursery presents its own new 
varieties of fuchsia hybridized by Mr. Victor Reiter, Jr. This 
year we have chosen five seedlings after testing them in the 
open field and we believe our customers will like these latest 
productions. 
A Patented Snow Flurry 
FLYING CLOUD patent applied for (Reiter, Jr.) The first 
warm air tolerant ‘white’ that is eager to grow. The double 
flowers are large and well formed with long recurved pagoda 
sepals and well placed full white petals: The entire flower 
glows with the palest rose tinting which is accentuated slightly 
at the base of the petals. giving the flower a warmth that has 
been lacking in previous ‘‘all whites". 
The flowers are well placed along arching branches which 
continue to bloom over an extended season. . Vigorous, easy 
and all white! Every fuchsia grower must have it. 
We think so much of this fuchsia that an application for 
a patent has been filed to reserve the propagating rights for 
La Rochette Nursery. 
A Boisterous Beauty 
CLARION (Reiter, Jr.) A vigorous upright grower with heat- 
resistant leathery foilage and quantities of glowing double 
Rose Bengal flowers of more glistening intensity than our 1942 
variety, Crescendo! 
The flowers are medium to large with plenty of incurved 
petals of deepest Rose Bengali (HCC 25/0) and with nicely 
recurved sepals of pure Crimson, (HCC 22/0). ngs new shade 
in. the magenta-red group. | Nts 
A’ strong rapid’ grower that should flourish even ‘under 
difficult conditions,. A sparkling perfectly formed flower on 
a vigorous easy bush. 
A M. agnificent Contneee 
COLOMBINE (Reiter, Jr.) This entirely distinct fee has 
medium sized double flowers with the widest color contrast 
yet attained in the doubles between tube: and petals. -The 
tube and sepals are all white and the wide spreading petalage 
is deep Rhodamine Purple (HCC 29/0).. The base of the 
petals, like. the tube and sepals, is white making a clear cut 
color division in the bicolor flowers. In addition the flower 
petals are’ flat spreading giving the flower more width and 
less depth. Unlike any other fuchsia. 
_ Avoirdupots 
THE DOWAGER (Reiter, Jr.) After having introduced 
Reiter's Giant, Commander in Chief, Titanic and Uncle Jules 
we hesitate to make superior claims for The Dowager but we 
believe this is the finest double ‘red and purple" yet intro- 
duced. It has huge well formed flowers of good blue purple 
petalage and a well formed tube and. recurved sepals of 
magenta red. 
The growth is vigorous but very branching and the foliage, 
although plentiful and good is small. The dense canopy of 
small leathery leaves makes the tremendous flowers seem even 
larger by contrast. The Dowager produces more pounds of 
flower per plant than any other fuchsia we know. An easy 
willing worker bidding for top place in the purples. 
