A WEST INDIAN YAM 



A freshly dug Yam {Dioseovea data) still attached to the vine, from the Yam patch of Mr. O. 

 P Wernicke of BrooksviUe, Fla., who has going this starchy tuber producing vme regularly 

 for ten years and Mr. Wernicke and his family have become as fond of these Yams as they are 

 of potatoes. When the War Trade Board was obliged to restrict exports of wheat to Tnmdad 

 the Yam came to be grown extensively and became a popular vegetable there When cooked 

 and properly prepared it resembles mashed potatoes and is a dehcious table vegetable, (i-ig. 16.) 



