FUCHSIAS 
MURIEL WALTZ'S 
1954 INTRODUCTIONS—(Garden Tested) 
PINK FAIRY 
The large double, clear pink flowers are of excellent texture 
and hold their color. A very showy pot plant and valuable 
for garden or exhibition. The medium-size tube is creamy 
white, the broad recurving sepals are palest rose, slightly 
tipped with white. The petals are a beautiful clear pink, 
slightly deeper at base, and when fully matured often open 
wide, giving a star-like effect to flower. A good self-branching 
upright, with beautiful clean, dark-green foliage. Needs no 
pinching back to make a show pot. 
BLUE WAVES 
A double, wavy petals of medium to large flowers of deep 
campanula violet, with a decided blue overtone and, unlike 
most blues, a tall, strong upright with long willowy branches 
which, if properly pinched and trained, would make a basket. 
The short tube is flushed pink; the upturned sepals are 
neyron rose. The outer petals of the corolla are splashed with 
neyron rose, while the center remains deep violet blue. We 
consider Blue Waves as one of the best in its color class. 
Garden tested, will grow anywhere, but will hold its color 
best in shade. 
SAPPHIRE 
A double, medium-sized, crown-shaped flower of good tex- 
ture. Has corolla of deep purplish blue and wide frosty sepals 
of pink, making a startling contrast of coloring, striking 
and unusually beautiful. Short tube creamy white, sepals 
flushed pink outer side, clear pink inside. The petals of deep 
blue are very faintly marked pink at base of tube. This 
flower fades a rich, deep, shaded purplish maroon. A distinct 
new color combination. An ideal pot plant, self branching, 
needs no pinching. 
PATENTED FUCHSIAS 
* BEWITCHED — Patent pending — single light purple, 
white sepals 
DU BARRY — Double purple — pink sepals 
* ENCHANTED — Patent pending — double blue purple 
overlaid with fuchsia pink, rose-red sepals 
* FLUORESCENT — Registered-semi-double lilac orchid— 
white sepals 
* FLYING CLOUD — Patented — semi-double white — 
white sepals 
LACE PETTICOATS — Patented — large double white 
— white sepals 
* STREAMLINER — Semi-double bright crimson — 
crimson sepals 
* Will Traal 
Price: Patented and 1954 Varieties $1.00 each 
6 for $5.00 
FUCHSIA CULTURE 
Fuchsias are a shade-loving plant. They are easy to grow and 
respond readily to a little care; even a small plant will bloom 
profusely in six months. They take morning sun, but will not 
do well in full sun except directly on the coast. 
SOIL 
For pots or baskets, an ideal soil mixture is as follows: Two 
parts oak leaf mold, one part soil and one part steer manure. 
Tuberous Begonia pot mixture may also be used with excel- 
lent results. 
WATER 
The soil should be kept moist at all times, but not soggy wet. 
Too harsh a water pressure directly on the foliage sometimes 
causes yellow leaves. The reason for this is that the leaf stem 
cracks slightly, encouraging a new leaf to start and push the 
old one off. 
FERTILIZING 
For pots and baskets, we use Full Bloom fertilizer in the 
bottom third of the potting mixture. Hurry-up fish emulsion 
is fed regularly every two weeks throughout the growing 
season. These two fertilizers are used exclusively in our 
nursery for all our fertilizing schedules. We highly recom- 
mend them for use on all plants. 
PESTS 
Pest control is easy for fuchsias. Use a spray with an oil base 
as buds begin to appear, and use it regularly. This will con- 
trol aphis, white fly, mealy-bug, thrip and red spider. 
