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THE SWEET POTATO. 



Water. Starch. 



1895. Per cent. Per cent. 



African Red 66.38 23.64 



Poor Land 67.29 22.82 



Southern Queen 66.19 21.74 



Water. Starch. Cane Sugar. Glucose. 



Dry Season. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 



Southern Queen 63.52 27.36 2.45 .51 



Red Bermuda 63.04 28.00 1.81 .78 



General Grant 64.36 26.12 2.75 .48 



White Bermuda 67.55 23.74 2.27 .62 



Georgia Yams 64.04 27.32 2.53 .47 



Yellow Jersey 64.60 25.20 2.32 .71 



Bunch Yam 63.81 26.42 2.80 .66 



Season 1898. 



Water. Starch. 



Kame ©f Variety. Per cent. Per cent. 



Georgia Buck 75.35 13.13 



Bunch Yams 72.37 15.12 



Bunch Yams from diflferent 



sources 67.99 19.58 



Horton Yam 70.29 15.06 



Georgia Bucks from different 



sources 71.56 14.35 



Vineless Yams 70.03 16.85 



Hanover Yams 76.16 13.61 



Georgia Yam 70.01 18.87 



Glucose. Sucrose. 



Per cent. Per cent. 



.77 4.31 



1.09 4.45 



.56 

 1.05 



.73 



.54 



1.10 



1.00 



4.49 

 6.23 



6.61 

 5.01 



4.22 

 4.08 



Season 1899. (C. C. McDonnell, Analyst.) 



Water. Starch. Glucose. Sucrose. 



Name of Variety. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 



Pumpkin Yam 68.94 17.38 1.08 5.17 



Bunch Yam 72.04 13.72 1.38 5.47 



Georgia Sugar Yam 67.81 18.41 1.08 5.08 



Tennessee Yam 70.42 15.74 1.41 5.02 



From Texas Bulletin 36 (1893) is taken the fol- 

 lowing table, which gives only the percentages of 

 water, invert sugar, and total sugar: 



