AMERICAN" VARIETIES OF SWEET POTATOES. 15 



in color, dark purple at the summit and at the base of the leaf blade, long and 

 coarse; roots light rose, oblong to fusiform in shape, regular, smooth, no veins, 

 flesh light yellow, but golden yellow when baked ; mealy, sweet, fair quality. 



RED SPANISH. (RED SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 



Vines moderately large growing, long, 6 to 12 feet ; stems dark purple in color, 

 somewhat hairy ; leaves deeply shouldered, smooth or with scattered hairs on 

 the midrib and margin of the blade, dark green with purple veins ; petioles 

 purple, smooth ; roots dark red in color, smooth and fairly regular, long 

 fusiform to cylindrical in shape, medium to large in size, season late; flesh 

 white with a tinge of purple in the center and near the skin. When baked the 

 flesh is grayish white, fairly sweet, moist, and soft in texture. 



PURPLE " YAM," OR NIGGER CHOKER. (RED SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 



Vines long, 6 to 15 feet, stems dark purple in color, somewhat hairy ; leaves 

 shouldered, entirely smooth or with scattered hairs on the midrib and margin 

 of the blade, dark green with purple veins ; petioles nearly smooth, dark pur- 

 ple ; roots deep purple in color, smooth and regular, long cylindrical in shape, 

 medium to large ; season late ; flesh white, often with a tinge of purple be- 

 neath the skin and at the center, but dull grayish white when baked ; only 

 slightly sweet, very dry and mealy. 



DAHOMEY. (RED SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 



Vines medium to long, 6 to 10 feet ; stems green tinged with purple, medium 

 coarse, hairy ; leaves entire and heart shaped, tinged with purple around the 

 edge and on the veins of the under surface, hairy on the upper surface, smooth 

 to slightly hairy below ; petioles long, 6 to 10 inches, slender, purple toward 

 the base and with a deep-purple splash at the base of the leaf blade and the 

 summit of the petiole ; roots deep red to purple, long cylindrical ; flesh creamy 

 white, but pale yellow when baked ; fine in texture, dry, mealy, fairly sweet, 

 only fair quality. 



SHANGHAI. (SHANGHAI GROUP.) 



Vines large and vigorous, medium to long, 6 to 9 feet ; stems green, hairy ; 

 leaves shouldered or entire, hairy on the veins above and smooth beneath, 

 green except for a deep purple stain at the base of the blade and the summit 

 of the petiole, the latter otherwise green, hairy ; roots white, fairly smooth and 

 regul-ar, without veins, fusiform to long cylindrical, very large; season late. 

 When baked, the flesh is grayish white, only slightly sweet, dry, and mealy; 

 fairly firm in texture. 



MINNET "YAM." (SHANGHAI GROUP.) 



Vines long, 8 to 16 feet, coarse ; stems green, long internodes, hairy ; leaves 

 entire and heart shaped, large, hairy on the upper surface, smooth below; 

 petioles long, smooth except at nodes, green with a dark-purple splash at the 

 summit of the petiole and the base of the leaf blade; roots white, fusiform 

 in shape, heavily ribbed or ve'ned ; flesh pale yellow, but light yellow when 

 baked ; mealy, dry, poor quality. 



FLORIDA. (FLORIDA GROUP.) 



Vines large, vigorous, medium in length, 4 to 9 feet; stems green in color, 

 nearly smooth ; leaves toothed or entire with 6 to 10 low marginal teeth, hairy 

 above (especially on new leaves) and smooth below, green except for a deep- 



