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 liuht rose, oblong to fusiform Id 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 feel ; 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 pm-pie veins; petioles 
purple, smooth; roots dark red in color, smooth ami fairly regular, long 
Fusiform to cylindrical in shape, medium to large in si/.e. season late; flesh 
while 4 with a tinge of purple in the center and near the skin. When haked the 
flesh is grayish white, fairly sweet, moist, and soft in texture. 
PURPLE " YAM," OR NIGGER CHOKER. (RED SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 
Vines Ion?, G 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 
io 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; line 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 
regular, 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 1G 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, irroen with a dark-purple splash at the 
summit of the petiole and the has.- 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 witli to 10 low marginal teeth, hairy 
above (especially on new leaves) and smooth below, green except for a deep- 
