Bui. 1167, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
r-. 
Plate I 
Tuber of a Variety of the Greater Yam (Dioscorea alata L.^ with 
a Short Section of Vine Attached. 
This tuber weighs 3$ pounds. This yam is grown for home use and in a small wav for markel 
by a numter of people in the South Atlantic and Gulf regions. Manv varieties when prop- 
erly prepared for the table are equal or superior to the best white potatoes. (PS 3FS 
