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We are pleased to present our latest accomplishments in 
fuchsia hybridizing on this our fifteenth year of fuchsia in- 
troductions. 
On this our crystal anniversary, we have selected only 
pastel varieties with white or pale sepals to celebrate the 
progress made in this group of fuchsias with which LaRochette 
is so closely identified. 
With the advent of the "near" white fuchsias Brentwood 
(Evans) and its descendant Ave Maria (Reiter, Sr.) better 
varieties were painstakingly evolved including Marionette 
(Reiter, Jr.), Joan of Arc (Reiter, Jr.), and Flying Cloud 
(Reiter, Jr.). The work toward white varieties comparable 
to the best dark colored varieties still goes on and we have 
selected two new ‘whites’ for 1952 introduction. We do 
actually have an all white fuchsia in our test field but we 
do not feel it is adequately tested for general cultivation. 
However, the two "near" white varieties we are offering this 
year show some of the progress we have made. The ever- 
so-slightly tinted Snowball and the considerably tinted 
Innocence are real advances. Snowball is offered strictly 
on the merit of its huge flowers and is intended for the 
eager enthusiast only. We have withheld this variety since 
1947 but it can be so exquisite in the hands of master growers 
that we are releasing it for them. Immocence on the other 
hand is far from pure white but its sparkling mass of flowers 
on a dense perfect bush and the ease of its culture will 
make it a joy for everyone. 
The three pastel varieties offered represent larger and 
more distinguished flowers in the delicate blue and rose 
groups. His Excellency, a typical globular purple in 
petalage, has white tube and sepals: Gray Lady is a 
larger flower of Blue Pendant type but with petals of pale 
grayish-blue and sepals of palest rose: Tutu is all the 
delicious delicacy of rose and blue we have been wanting 
in a large flowered fuchsia showing heat tolerance. 
We are adding to this crystal jubilee presentation a 
sport of Nonpareil which we have had the pleasure of naming 
Mrs. Lawrence Lyons. Mrs. Lyons' Pacific Grove garden 
contains the largest collection of named fuchsias in the world, 
nearly 1000, and it is thanks to her observing eye that this 
fine fuchsia has been made available. A fine fuchsia named 
for a gracious lady. 
