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Don’t you think all those names for violets 
are silly? 
Yes. 
Is there a yellow African Violet? 
No. The story goes that a big commercial 
grower from the East has offered $10,000 for 
a blooming yellow saintpaulia. Nobody’s col- 
lected yet. 
I want to tint my White Lady yellow. Do I 
need a special dye or something? 
Yellow vegetable color, full strength, will do 
the job. You'll wish you hadn’t wasted your 
time, though. 
Will Blue Eyed Beauty fade out like Lady 
Geneva did? 
Darned if I know. There’s a good bit of dif- 
ference in these from plant to plant. Some 
just have the blue center, and some are so 
overlaid with color that from a distance they 
look a little like Periwinkle. There’s a pretty 
good chance that some of these heavier-color- 
ed ones might fade. I haven’t seen any com- 
pletely lose the blue “eye” yet, however. 
What about a double pink or a double white? 
To date I have bought two “double whites” 
and one ‘double pink.” All three plants are 
false alarms. No doubt there are dozens in 
the experimental stage but I haven’t seen a 
true one yet. 
I always heard that doubles were sterile but 
mine has pollensacs occasionally. Could I 
hybridize with those? 
Sure. You’d probably have better luck 
crossing the double pollen on another single 
variety. Have heard tell that the doubles 
don’t do such a hot job of setting seed. 
I have a lovely white sport but it’s so frail 
it won’t even propagate. What can I do with 
it? 
Cross-breed it with a strong blue of the same 
foliage type. Your new batch of seed from 
that cross should give you what you want. 
What makes my Red Head look so washed out? 
Acid soil. Try % teaspoon builders lime to 1 
cup water. 
My Red Head is so dark it looks like Purple 
Prince. How can I fade it out? 
One teaspoon of household ammonia to one 
cup of water. 
I get a kick out of writing jingles about vio- 
fers Do you ever print poetry in your news- 
etter? 
Send it in. We’re trying to get enough poetry 
about violets together to devote a whole News- 
letter to it. Include your permission to print, 
please. 
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