Show IDENTIFY VARIETIES OF SWEET POTATOES Department of Agriculture Is Working Out a Key lit it Is Based on Color Size and Shape I of Stems and Leaves and in Quality QualIty Quality I ity of Tubers Themselves Themselves- Results Promising The United States department of ag ab agriculture Is working out a n key by means of which varieties of sweet potatoes potatoes potatoes po po- po- po can be Identified There has always been a n great grent deal deul of confusion re regarding sweet potato varieties and this key will make It possible to positively lively Identify all nil true varieties It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is based on the color size nn and shape of the stems and und leaves lemes and on the theco co color or size and quality of the potatoes themselves That the l key e works Is attested by t the e fart fact that by Its Us u I use e I Ibus bus discovered America have ha been Id Identified The fhe development of varieties of sweet potatoes for stock feed starch and sugar making ng Is under way and the preliminary results secured Indicate indicate In in- that the possibilities of the sweet potato have haye hardly been touched upon It Is yet et too soon to say Just what may be expected from this work but the results thus far secured are very promising This work Is being done at Arlington Farm Va and at nt atthe atthe the Pee Dee experiment station Florence Flor Flor- Florence ence S. S C. C Investigational work worl In curing sweet potatoes has hits also brought out Important Important tant results It was shown that with proper handling In storage conditions sweet potatoes can he carried through the tho winter and und as ns late as April 1 with not more than 1 per pcr cent of loss from decay I |