12 BULLETIN 1021, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
over veins on the under side of the leaf; petiole with purple stain near the 
base and at the summit, otherwise green, slightly hairy ; roots white, cylindrical, 
medium in size, season late ; flesh white, but light yellow when baked ; mealy ; 
firm in texture, only slightly sweet. 
This variety is not grown in this country except in an experimental way. 
BELMONT. (BELMONT SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines slender and low, long creeping, 6 to 12 feet ; stems light green, hairy ; 
leaves 5 parted with basal lobes inclined to shoulder, hairy above and upon 
the veins beneath, light green ; petiole hairy, green ; roots dark yellow with 
prominent light-yellow veins, fairly smooth and regular, long fusiform in 
shape, medium in size; season late; flesh golden yellow, but dark yellow when 
baked, sweet, moist, and soft in texture. 
ECLIPSE SUGAR "YAM." (BELMONT SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines somewhat larger and coarser in growth than is typical for this sec- 
tion, long creeping. 6 to 12 feet; stems hairy, light green; leaf characters 
similar to those of the Belmont variety except that the blade is larger and 
the lobes broader ; petiole green, hairy ; roots light salmon in color, with 
prominent light-yellow veins, otherwise smooth and regular, fusiform in 
shape, medium to large, season late; flesh yellow, tinged with salmon. When 
baked, sweet, moist, and soft in texture. 
VINELESS PUMPKIN "YAM." (BELMONT SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines of medium length, 4 to 8 feet ; stems green, slightly hairy, especially at 
the nodes; leaves 5 to 7 parted, hairy above, nearly smooth or slightly hairy 
upon the veins underneath, green; petiole nearly smooth, green; roots yellow, 
tinged with salmon, slightly russeted, with a few low, light-yellow veins, fusi- 
form to ovoid, or cylindrical, medium in size, smooth ; season late ; flesh salmon, 
with patches of light yellow. When baked, dark yellow to salmon, very sweet 
and moist ; fairly firm in texture. 
OLD-TIME "YAM." (BELMONT SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines low and slender in growth, long creeping, 6 to 12 feet ; stems green, 
hairy ; leaves 5 to 7 parted, hairy above, nearly smooth beneath, green ; petiole 
green, hairy ; roots light yellow, somewhat russeted. with prominent light-yellow 
veins, otherwise smooth and regular, fusiform to cylindrical, medium in size ; 
season late; flesh light yellow. When baked, very sweet, moist, and soft in 
texture. 
YELLOW "YAM." (BELMONT SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines low and slender, long creeping, 6 to 12 feet ; stems green, hairy ; leaves 
5 to 7 parted, hairy above and slightly hairy beneath, green ; petiole green, 
hairy (especially at the base) ; roots yellow, tinged with salmon, with low. very 
l^ght-yellow veins, fusiform in shape, regular, medium in size; season late; 
flesh yellow, streaked with salmon, salmon ring just under outer skin. When 
baked, sweet and moist ; soft in texture. 
WHITE SEALY. (BELMONT SECTION, BELMONT GROUP.) 
Vines medium in length, 4 to 6 feet ; stems medium to coarse, green : leaves 
deeply 5 to 7 lobed, finely cut, green with purple tinge on new growth and at 
base of petiole, smooth on upper surface and smooth beneath ; petioles medium 
