MONTH YAM (Dioscorea alata) was too uncertain for listing in 
our new catalog, hence this separate sheet. This most interesting 
species, botanically is unrelated to neither the sweet potato (lpomea 
_batatas) or the common Irish potato. They originate from the West 
then the U. S. D. A. restriction, the lack of seed and now the avail- 
THE GREATER YAM 
| | PRODUCES 
TUBERS in the trees, TUBERS up the side of a building 
and up in the attic, at the same time bearing up to 
100 POUND MONSTERS under ground. 
The availability of this strange Yam sometimes called THE 10 
Indies and up to 1918 considerabla quanities were imported into New 
York. Because of a U. S. D. A. quarantine imposed thereafter, the 
tubers for seed or eating have not been permitted entry because of 
the danger of carrying insects and, diseases. Attempts were made 
before the quarantine to get them into production in Florida, but 
able tubers are only in the hands of a few hobbyists keeping them AERIAL TUBERS 
; | Expres office if different 
in propagation. NY requires from 8 to 10 months depending LEAVES REMOVED 
icc mania 4 on climate to produce fairly good size tubers underground. In tk 
2nd and 3rd years with continous favorable growing conditions, 
areas with light frosts, 137 pound specimens have been grown. Tk 
edible quality of the underground tubers is considered equal an 
many times superior to the Irish potato. Flesh is white, starcn grar 
ules average rather large, ranging about the same size as in th 
white potato, often somewhat triangular in shape when viewed unde 
a microscope. 
Its amazing oddity is its characteristic of bearing smaller siz 
tubers in the axils of the heart shaped leaves on 4 angled vines an 
without thorns or spikes. Vine lengths of 100 feet are not uncommo 
: climbing into trees, up the side of a building or porch and bearin 
UNDERGROUND TUBER aerial tubers. The producer of these tubers experienced one persi 
tent vine that crawled through a crack in wall of the second story of his garage. To his surpris 
up there away from all sunlight, was producing tubers. The largest in size reaches a weight < 
nearly a pound, quality is only fair, flesh is a dull yellow, rather dry when cooked. The vine 
of amazing ornamental value with its very prolific heart-shaped leaves, as a screen for the porch « 
as a specimen beside a building. For ornamental and bearing aerial tubers they can be grov 
in most northern areas with much shorter seasons by starting the aerial tubers late in the wint 
in large flower pots, transplanting, soil intact, out in the open ground after frost danger is ove 
Price Postpaid: 2 tubers (1 larger planting size, | smaller) $1.75 including cultural instructior 
and cooking recipes. 
| | ORDER BLANK 
| Please send me prepaid parcel post or best way ( ) sets of aerial tubers of THE GREATER 
YAMS (I set consists of one large and | smaller aires AMOUNT ENCLOSED; Check $ 
ae, Order $____Cesh $ 
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