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Patented Puchsiastal9SG/ 
_ As was the case when roses and other plants were first patented, a 
good many nurserymen were “dead set agin it” when the first fuchsias 
were patented. 
Most nurserymen know now that the sure money and best protection 
against chiseling is to be found in a patented variety. The modern nursery- 
man is glad to see good varieties patented, as that protects him in all stages 
of marketing a plant and assures a reasonable established profit. We are 
sure that only the few nurserymen who do not understand how the patent 
works in their favor are still against it. 
In the case of fuchsias it is very simple. Take as an example the 
variety ‘Flying Cloud,” introduced in 1949 by Victor Reiter, Jr. Plants 
were available from him during 1949 at 35c each wholesale, to sell at 
$1.00 each retail. The next year, 1950, many nurseries in the West propa- 
gated their own stock of ‘Flying Cloud” and merely purchased the patent 
labels at 10c each from Mr. Reiter. The nurseryman could then sell his 
own propagated stock at wholesale for 35c each, or at retail at $1.00 each, 
provided each individual plant he sold had on one of the patent labels 
purchased from Victor Reiter, Jr. This continues on, with the originator 
setting the price per label, the wholesale price and the retail price each 
succeeding year, during the life of the patent. 
b This, then, works the same way with the eight patented varieties we 
introduced in 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 for the originator, Horace M. 
Tiret. You may propagate these eight patented varieties, Bewitched 
Bridesmaid, Coronation, Du Barry, Enchanted, Lace Petticoats, Stream- 
liner and Voodoo, in 1954 and sell your own plants at 35c each wholesale 
to other nurseries and a minimum of 75c each retail for plants in 3” pots 
or smaller containers, and a minimum of $1.00 each for plants in 4” pots 
or larger containers, provided each plant has one of the patent labels 
furnished by Mr. Tiret. However, in order to avoid confusion and to 
facilitate sales, we will have the labels for sale for the originator, Mr. 
Tiret. You do not have to order plants of any kind from us, in order to 
buy the patent labels. Just mail in your order for so many labels of either 
Bewitched, Bridesmaid, Coronation, Du Barry, Enchanted, Lace Petti- 
coats, Streamliner and Voodoo at 10c per label, F.O.B. Palo Alto. 
See other side for Propagating Agreement 
