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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 



States Acres 



United States 641,255 



North Carolina 84,740 



Georgia 84,038 



Alabama 66,613 



Louisiana 56,953 



Mississippi 56,045 



South Carolina 48,878 



Texas 42,010 



Virginia 40,838 



Tennessee 26,216 



New Jersey 22,504 



Per cent increase 

 in ten years 



19.3 

 23.3 

 19.0 

 31.0 

 108.1 

 46.8 



0.1 



3.6 1 



0.4 

 12.2 



9.3 



The average increase for the United States since 1899 was 19.3 



1 Decrease. 



