The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-11
Notes on sweet Potato Culture.

This is most valuable crop to the south.
appreciation that it deserves.
We have referred to q new variety re-
Gently introduced, which if it retains its
bunch habit will come into very general
cultivation in the course OF years probably.
For long time yet however, the old run
ming varieties that we have cultivated all
our lives will be the chief reliance of potato
growers, and we need not be in any hurry to
discard some of the many varieties that are
now grown and have been for many years.
There are great many synonyms in pota-
Ioes, but there are several distinct and we'll
known kinds that have maintained their
name and individuality throughout the
south. As is the case with watermelons,
local names are numerous, but when we
mention certain varieties, such as the
Georgia yam, Pumpkin yam. Spanish yam,
Red Nausemond, Peabody and Eayti yam
II Is very generally understood in all Sec
tons what kind is referred to.
For table purposes the first mentioned has
probably no superior.
The Spanish kinds that were so abundant
In Middle Georgia twenty to twenty five
Tor table use have disappeared almost en-
tlrelY from cultivation, at any rate we rarely
md any of them In our market. Many,
like the writer, preferred these to all other
kinds, and would have no other so long as it
was possible to secure the pink skinned
Spanish--a long potato oftentlmes twelve to
htteen inches long and averaging about
Three inches in diameter. When thoroughly
Dry 1t was very sweet and possessed a fine
flavor
The Georgia yellow yam is not near 30
productive as the Pumpkin yam or Nsuse-
mond, and in adopting it for cultivation
quality must be accepted as compensation
for quantity.
The Pumpkin yam, however, is a potato
mat is not to be despised for table use. Its
very fair potato and preferable TO most
other kinds. The Hayti yam, known locally
under many other names, including these
q Wood potato. Turpentine potato, will
produce even more than tue Pumpkin yam,
out 1t ia only fit for stock purposes. 1t is
rarely to be tolerated on the table, though
one very fond of potatoes would doubtless
prefer lt to nothing.
potato that has the habit OF bearing
grea' many medium sized tubers rather than
re" very large ones is much 10 be pre-
!!erred, other things being fairly equal. For
uohestlo purposes, or any other in fact, a
poEeto averaging seven or eight ounces is to
We preferred to one twice that size. The
medium size find reader sale and, we be-
Ne7e, keep better.
for ordinary farm purposes, including
Ayle USE il only one variety is chosen. it
you'd seem that the Pumpkin yam is most
tsSlTaole. They are of lair quality, very
productive and good keepers.
Every farmer should grow as large a
Suanuty as he can find profitable use for
ourlnS the winter, and can safely preservs
certainly not more than this.
to Mnlle sweet potatoes are a very valuable
n nGOu ior hogs and mich cows, aud all sur
SiuS mat cannot be sold can be very proflta-
tea to them, yet it is not q crop that is
tar.y 70 De grown to any considerable ex-
c %as purely for thai purpose. IL is rarely the
tSo mat there is much of surplus beyond
me- ,3 quantity needed for human food, and
Ives I've. rarely fall to such low point as to
TpssIiIute 1t an economical stock food.
w, nue price that a dairyman would be
ii. r ahted in paying for potatoes to feed to
co cp mich cows during the winter season of
otSa ase depends upon circumstances II no
cbo. succulent food is obtainable more
A1J a ty 1t is quite possible that he might
hpsbsSII eir use profitable even at 40 cents a
7'-nfty-hve pounds. To keep up the