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and serrated; color, upper surface deep green; lower 

 surface, light green; veins, heavy, deep red; size, 

 medium to rather small; petioles, thick, long, green 

 and purplish." ^ (See Plate IV.) 



ViNELEss Bunch Yams. — The Vineless seems to be 

 a sport from the IsTorton Yam, as hunch sorts frequently 

 appear among the ISTortons. The roots in appearance 

 and quality are identical vyith the ISTortons. This 

 variety is described as follows : ^ — " Long, tapering, 

 uniform ; but rather small tubers ; having a yellow skin, 

 and white and light yellow mottled with white flesh, with 

 some deeper yellow spots, l^ot much vine growth and a 

 shy bearer." (See Plate IV.) 



White Basbadoes. — This is another of the Spanish 

 potatoes and is almost identical, if not quite so, with 

 the Tolman variety of Old Spanish. Both the white 

 and yellow Barbadoes are thicker in shape than the 

 Old Spanish. The White Barbadoes is pale whitish in 

 flesh, and yellow outside. 



White Spanish. — This is described by Keitt as 

 follows : " Very irregularly shaped, a few being large, 

 smooth and roundish ; but the majority being long and 

 stringy. They have a perfectly white flesh and white 

 skin. They are not prolific, but make a heavy growth 

 of vines." ^ 



White Yam ok White Belmont. — This variety is 

 very hardy, is a big yielder, is unusually sweet for a 

 white potato, and is largely used for stock-food. The 

 vine growth has been described as follows : " Stem 

 branching, rather bushy and very thick; light green 



1 T. C. Johnson, Va. Truck Exp. Sta. 



2 S. C. Exp. Sta., Bull. 146. 



3 T. E. Keltt, S. C. Exp. Sta., Bull. 146, p. 6. 



