64 THE SWEET POTATO. 



worth by comparison and in opening the way for 

 an orderly nomenclature can not be doubted." 



In North Carolina Bulletin 74, p. 3, Mr. Massey 

 says : ' ' There is much confusion in the nomenclature 

 of* this vegetable. 'Peabody' and 'Early Eed' are 

 so near alike that they may be regarded as synony- 

 mous; 'Southern Queen,' 'Hayman,' 'Bahamas' and 

 'Yams' are the same. 'Norton Yams' and 'Buck- 

 skins' are also identical. 'African Reds,' 'Black 

 Spanish' and 'Nigger Killer' are also synonymous, 



In the Arkansas Report for 1890, p. 123, Mr. Ben- 

 nett says : ' ' Much confusion arises with the different 

 varieties of sweet potatoes by the many different 

 names by which the separate varieties are known. 

 They invariably have local names in the particular 

 locality in which they are grown, and, as might be 

 expected, there is great similarity between some of 

 the so-called varieties." 



In Georgia Bulletin 25, p. 153, Mr. Starnes: "In 

 grouping the different varieties of sweet potato we 

 have followed at the Georgia station the general 

 custom of arrangement with reference to the leaf, 

 in default cff a better system. Indeed it can scarcely 

 be called a system at all, for the reason that the 

 same vine will sometimes hold half a dozen different 

 shapes of leaf; and while a distinction appears to 

 exist between the 'split leaf varieties and all others, 

 it is by no means easy to determine with some 

 varieties whether the 'round' or 'shouldered' form 

 of leaf prevails. Yet when we endeavor to classify 

 by other forms of resemblance, as shape, size, color 

 or quality of tuber, we are met by even worse incon- 

 gruities, and are forced to fall back on the 'leaf 

 classification,' clumsy and unsatisfactory as it is." 



