12 SWEET POTATO CULTURE. 



very productive, and of excellent quality, yielding always 

 about double that others do. The * Yellow Pimento ' is 

 also a good keeper and a good sprouter. 



" The • White Brazilian ' is a very good potato, 

 although the quality is not quite so good as that of 

 the Pimento. This is the largest variety I grow, speci- 

 mens often weighing from four to seven pounds. This 

 is a shy sprouter, and hard to keep over winter. 



**'*Red Bermuda' is very productive, early, a good 

 sprouter, and keeps well, but is of rather inferior quality. 



'• ' White Bermuda ' is not quite so productive as the 

 Red, but superior to it in quality. 



" ' Southern Queen ' has, with me, proved to be a very 

 good potato, about as early as the Bermudas, productive, 

 of nice shape ; is a good keeper, easy to cultivate and 

 dig, although the quality is not of the very best. 



''The ' Eed Spanish' is of good quality, very pro- 

 ductive, and, I think, will sujx^rsede some of the less 

 valuable sorts when its qualities are more generally known. 



''The 'Yellow' and 'Red Xansemond,' the 'Early 

 Y'ork,' and ' Early Jersey,' are all old and standard sorts, 

 and so well known that it is unnecessary for me to de- 

 scribe them. Their quality is first-rate ; but they do not, 

 with us, yield equal to some of the newer varieties. 



" The ' Mexican,' or ' Bahama Yam,' introduced some 

 few years ago, has the reputation of being a very pro- 

 ductive variety. A vigorous grower ; tuber glubular ; 

 skin dull white ; pale yellow within ; an early variety, 

 and the best for the table, when first dug, of all this class 

 of tubers. It is said to keep well if properly cared for, 

 and produces large crops." 



Other Varieties. — 1st. "Porto Viejo." — Very large, 

 sweet, and abundant ; skin, dark-red ; flesh, deep pink. 



2nd. "Boca Sagarto." — Xot so large, but very sweet, 

 and of better flavor. 



