AMERICAN VARIETIES OF SWEET POTATOES. 13 
length, green with tinge of purple at upper end on new growth, smooth; roots 
long, cylindrical, yellow to russet yellow, smooth; flesh Light yellow, bul grayish 
white when baked; dry and mealy, decided caramel flavor, but Dot sweet; only 
fair in quality. 
GROS GRANDIA. (BUNCH SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines short to vineless, U to 3 feet; stems very coarse, green, nodes very 
dose, smooth except for a few hairs on the newer growth; leaves deeply 5 to 7 
lohed or parted, upper surface nearly smooth or slightly hairy, lower surface 
smooth; petioles smooth, or with a few scattered hairs on the new growth, 
green; roots Long, cylindrical, veins slightly raised, numerous but tine, rose to 
purplish red in color; liesh white. When baked, moist and poor in quality. 
BUNCH CANDY "YAM." (BUNCH SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines very short and bushy, 1 to 3i feet, but medium to vigorous in growth ; 
stems green, nearly smooth, internodes very short, crowding the leaves closely 
together ; leaves 5 to 7 parted, lobes somewhat broader than those of the Bel- 
mont variety, hairy above and smooth beneath, light green; petioles nearly 
smooth, green ; roots light yellow, tinged with salmon, slightly russeted, light- 
yellow veins, small and regular, long spindle or fusiform in shape, small to me- 
dium in size; season late; tlesh light yellow. When baked, sweet and moist; 
soft in texture. 
PIERSON. (YELLOW SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 
Vines large and vigorous, long creeping, 6 to 15 feet; stems purple in color, 
hairy; leaves shouldered, hairy only on the veins above, green with a deep- 
purple stain at the juncture of the blade and the petiole, the latter nearly- 
smooth, green except at the upper end; roots light yellow, strongly ribbed and 
veined, very rough, fusiform and ovoid in shape, medium to very large; season 
early ; flesh cream color, but dull yellow when baked; only slightly sweet, moist 
to quite dry and mealy ; texture firm. 
YELLOW STRASBURG. (YELLOW SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 
Vines large and vigorous, long creeping, 6 to 15 feet; stems purple in color, 
nearly smooth ; leaves shouldered, slightly hairy above, especially on new 
growth, green except for a deep-purple stain at the juncture of the blade and 
the petiole, the latter otherwise green or purple (both colors may appear on the 
same vine), nearly smooth, roots light yellow, fairly smooth and regular or 
(piite irregular, ovoid or globular in shape, medium to large, season early; flesh 
dull yellow when baked, sweet, moist, and quite soft in texture. 
YELLOW SPANISH. (YELLOW SPANISH SECTION, SPANISH GROUP.) 
Vines moderately large in growth, long creeping, 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 leaf, dark green, with' 
purple veins, petiole nearly smooth, purple; roots dull russet yellow, often 
constricted and crooked, fairly smooth, with no veins, long fusiform to long 
cylindrical, medium in .size, season late; flesh grayish white; when baked, 
fairly sweet, moist, and soft in texture. 
