10 BULLETIN 1021, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
base). Roots yellow, tinged with salmon, fusiform to cylindrical in shape, 
veined prominently and often slightly ribbed, the veins light yellow in color, 
medium to large in size, season late. Flesh yellow to deep orange-yellow. 
When baked, sweet to very sweet, very moist and soft in texture, flavor dis- 
tinctly like squash. 
The Pumpkin group contains the following varieties : 
Hi Pumpkin "yam." (Early Yellow, or Spanish "yam.") 
(2) Norton. 
(3) Dooley. 
(4) White Gilke. 
JERSEY GROUP. 
Vines low and slender to large in growth very short. 1 to 2i feet, or long, 
6 to 15 feet; stems very slender to thick and coarse, green, hairy (especially 
at the nodes) : leaves shouldered to entire (both extremes may be found on the 
same vine) , green, sometimes a very slight tinge of purple may be found at the 
juncture of the blade and the petiole especially in the Red Jersey section, 
smooth or hairy on the upper surface of the blade, slightly hairy, or smooth 
beneath; petiole green, hairy (especially at the lower end). Roots red or rus- 
set yellow in color, usually very regular in shape, smooth or veined more or 
less, short to long fusiform or even globular, small to large in size, season early 
to late ; flesh light yellow to dark yellow. When baked, fairly sweet, usually 
very dry and mealy, and quite firm in texture. 
The Jersey group contains the varieties usually found on the northern 
markets. These may be divided into the following sections : 
(1 ) Roots red Red Jersey. 
(2) Roots russet yellow. 
Stems short and bushy Bush. 
Stems long. 
Stems medium to large Big-Stem Jersey. 
Stems slender Yellow Jersey. 
Varieties of the Red Jersey section have stems varying from slender to coarse, 
often fasciated ; roots light russet, red, or dark red, medium in size, usually 
fusiform or ovoid, sometimes globular in shape : season medium to late ; flesh 
golden brown. When baked, sweet, dry, and mealy-; quite firm in texture. 
The following varieties belong to the Red Jersey section : 
(1) Japan Brown. 
(2) Red Jersey. (Also called Connelly's Early Red, Early Red Caro- 
lina, Red Nansemond, and Van Ness Red.) 
The stems of the Bush section are very short, 1 to 2f feet, rather thick and 
coarse, with very short internodes and crowded leaves, the internodes one- 
third to one-half inch long; leaves hairy on the upper surface, but more shin- 
ing than those of the Yellow Jersey section, usually entire or slightly shoul- 
dered : roots russet yellow, fusiform to ovoid in shape, medium in size, season 
medium ; flesh yellow. When baked, the flesh is fairly sweet, dry, and mealy, 
quite firm in texture. 
The Bush section -contains but one variety, the Vineland Bush. (Also called 
Georgia Buck "'yam" and Vineless Bunch Nansemond.) 
In the Big-Stem Jersey section the vines are moderately large growing, long, 
6 to 12 feet ; stems rather thick and coarse, often fasciated ; leaves larger than 
those of the Yellow Jersey section, strongly shouldered to entire. Roots russet 
yellow, often strongly veined, but otherwise smooth and regular, usually fusi- 
form in shape, but inclined to become ovoid, medium to large in size; season 
medium, flesh light yellow. When baked, the flesh is usually very dry and 
mealy and quite firm in texture ; flavor chestnutlike. 
