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1955 INTRODUCTIONS 
By VICTOR REITER, JR. 
Since 1937 La Rochette Nursery has been pre- 
senting the Victor Reiter fuchsia introductions. 
The following 1955 presentation will, we are 
certain, maintain the standards set in the past. 
SEA SPRITE. This is a strong upright grower of 
perfect branching habit and with exceptionally 
graceful double flowers in the pastel range. 
The well displayed flowers open into a burst 
of pale violet blue HCC 36 /3). The petals mound 
into an airy crinkled globular mass nestled at 
the base of long spreading white sepals. The in- 
ner base of the “blue” petals is deep rose making 
the transition from the white sepals to the ‘“‘blue” 
petalage indescribably charming. 
The older flowers ‘fade’. to a clear rose self, 
a worthy color in its own right. Sea Sprite has 
no unsightly fading, it changes color without 
losing charm. 
One of our finest introductions and our No. 1 
1955 variety. It is easy and grows well but it is 
advised to give the plant cool conditions so that 
the delicate beauty of the flowers can be devel- 
oped to their maximum. 
VIE EN ROSE. Vie en Rose produces double 
medium sized flowers in the greatest profusion 
on a roundish well branched bush. The habit of 
growth resembles the G. Monk-Winston Churchill 
tribe with its small leaves, basal branching and 
bushy growth—the ideal pot habit. 
However the flowers of Vie en Rose are not 
only more perfectly formed than those of the 
Churchill group but are of the most exquisite 
porcelain-like pastel coloring in pale rose and 
“blue.” 
The young flowers have broad sepals and dense 
full petals of pale tyrian rose mixed with light 
violet and occasional flecks of white. As the 
flower ages it becomes clear tyrian rose without 
apparent fading until it drops. 
As a pot plant or as foreground planting it 
fills a new niche. The admirer of perfection in 
coloring and flower form will enjoy this one. 
Masy. 
JAMBOREE. A huge flowered double of bright- 
est Carmine (FfCC-21./1). The irregular petals of 
this immens drispy’ Buse “are-.a_dazzling color, 
a real deep garmine aid the tube ‘and: sepals are 
of the same ¢olor‘in a slightly less intense shade. 
The flowers jopen PEE ‘and do not fade eo all. 
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