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SWEET POTATOES 



are extensively grown in the South for home use, such as the 

 pumpkin yam, the Georgia yam, and the Florida. Two or three 

 other varieties, such as the Black Spanish and Red Bermuda, are 

 grown for stock feed, due to their great productiveness. 



Where Sweet Potatoes Are Grown. Over ninety per cent of 



FIG. 116. Some commercial types of sweet potatoes: left to right, long, cylindrical type; 

 Jersey group; red Bermuda; southern Queen. 



the crop is grown in the South. The ten leading States in 1909 were 

 as follows, according to the Census : 



Sweet Potato Production, 1909 



Per cent increase 

 States Acres in ten years 



United States 641,255 19.3 



North Carolina 84,740 23.3 



Georgia . 84,038 19.0 



Alabama 66,613 31.0 



Louisiana 56,953 108.1 



Mississippi 56,045 46.8 



South Carolina 48,878 0.1 



Texas 42,010 3.6 1 



Virginia 40,838 0.4 



Tennessee 26,216 12.2 



New Jersey 22,504 9.3 



The average increase for the United States since 1899 was 19.3 



1 Decrease. 



