Group Classification and Varietal Descriptions of American Varieties of Sweet Potatoes (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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A. Shape of leaf. G. Color of lower surface of veins. (1) Cut. (1) Vein purple. (2) Round. (2) Midrib pinkish in some old (3) Long. Leaves. (4) Broad. (3) Purple spot at base of mid (5) Mixed (round and lobed). Rib. B. Size of leaf. (4) Veins all green. (1) Small (less than 4 inches H Arrangement of hair on the upper across). Surface of the leaf, if any. (2) Large (more than 4 inches (1) Hair all over. Across). (2) Chiefly on tips and along C. Length of stem. Veins. (1) Long (more than 4 feet (3) Absent. Long). I Outside color of. The roots. (2) Short (less than 4 feet (1) White. Long). (2) Yellow, golden, or bronze. D. Color of stem (3) Yellow, fed, or pinkish. (1) Green (with or' without (4) Red or purple. Brownish areas). J. Color of flesh of 'the roots. (2) Green (with purple around (1) White. The axils of the leaves). (2) Cream colored or yellowish (3) Greenish brown to purple. White. (4) Purple. (3) Pinkish white or pinkish E. Size of stem. Yellow. (1) Thin (less than one-eighth (4) Pinkish orange. Of an inch in diameter). (5) Marked with purple. (2) Thick (more than one-eighth Distinctness of wood elements in of an inch in diameter, the root. Often three-sixteenths or (1) Distinct. More). (2) Blurred. F. Presence or absence of star. 3) Not visible.

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