Sweet potato best varieties

It is not often that you see sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes on the table - a vegetable whose tubers are similar to potato ones, but taste more like pumpkin. But despite its little fame, the exotic plant still found some popularity among health-conscious gourmets. After all, sweet potato tubers are a storehouse of many vitamins necessary for the normal functioning of the body.

Description of sweet potato

The plant, called sweet potato, is a creeping vine up to five meters long (most often no more than three). Its stems are rooted at the nodes, so the height of the sweet potato does not exceed 20 cm. The shape of the leaves can be finger or cordate, depending on the variety.

Peru and Colombia are considered the birthplace of culture, from where sweet potatoes began to spread. In tropical countries, it has been grown for several years. But in temperate and subtropical climates this is not always possible, since already at a temperature of -10 ° C the plant stops developing, and if it drops below 0 ° C, it dies completely. Therefore, in such conditions, it is grown as an annual. For the full development of culture, it will take at least six months, so in some regions it is not possible to grow sweet potatoes.

Pollinated by cross-pollination by insects. The flowers that form in most varieties are large, funnel-like, located in the leaf axils, light, are white, pinkish or lilac. When they bloom, a seed box appears in their place, in which the seeds ripen - 4 small black balls.

The culture propagates not only by seeds, but also by tubers, which are seals and thickenings on the lateral roots. Despite their superficial resemblance to potato tubers, these crops are not related (sweet potatoes belong to the Bindweed family). It is impossible to say unequivocally what the sweet potato tubers look like. All characteristics depend on a particular crop variety: color of peel and pulp, weight and size, shape and length.

The taste of sweet potato tubers also depends on its variety, location and growing conditions. Some species taste like banana, melon, chestnut or pumpkin.

Varieties

All varieties of sweet potatoes can be roughly divided into 3 types depending on the quality of the fruit:

1. Dessert (their flesh is very sweet, juicy and soft).
2. Fodder (the pulp is dryish and slightly tough, unsweetened).
3. Vegetable (the flesh is not very sweet).

In addition, there may be the following division of sweet potato varieties:

1. Increasing the aboveground vegetative mass (this type is cultivated in Japan).
2. Forming root crops (the most common type).

Varietal varieties can also differ in the following characteristics:

• peel: it can be yellow, cream, pinkish, red, orange, there is even a purple sweet potato;
• flesh color: most often white or pink, but it can also be purple;
• weight: varies on average from 0.2 to 3 kg, but there are also quite large specimens weighing up to 10 kg;
• shape: mostly elongated, but can also be rounded or ribbed;
• yield;
• the number of root crops on one bush;
• color and shape of foliage.

The most famous varieties of such sweet potatoes are Vir-85, Hat Bay, Salmon, Pobeda-100, Sladkaya-100. Nancy Hall tastes like pumpkin, and Hae-tung tastes like chestnut.

Why is sweet potato useful?

The composition of the sweet potato has determined the variety of useful properties of the root crop:

1. The high content of vitamin A helps to stimulate collagen production and thus maintain youthful skin and maintain healthy eyes. In order for this vitamin to be better absorbed, it is necessary to add oil to dishes from this product.
2. A large amount of vitamin C is an excellent prophylactic agent against atherosclerosis, and also allows you to increase immunity and increase resistance to infectious diseases.
3. Vitamin B6, with the constant use of the root vegetable, helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels and prevents diseases of the cardiovascular system.
4. Potassium and magnesium are indispensable for stressful conditions, insomnia and chronic fatigue, as they strengthen the nervous system, normalize the work of the heart.
5. Calcium, which is also found in the root vegetable, is needed to strengthen tooth enamel, nails, hair and bones.
6. Fiber helps to cleanse the body of harmful compounds, and in addition, maintains a feeling of fullness.
7. Phytonutrients reduce the harm from exposure to heavy and radioactive metals, and reduce the likelihood of cancer.
8. Due to the presence of anthocyanins and polyphenols in the composition, sweet potato has the ability to stop inflammatory processes.

It also contains proteins, water, ash, carotene, iron, phosphorus, folic acid and other useful elements. The calorie content of sweet potatoes is slightly higher than that of potatoes (about 65 kcal per 100 g), which is associated with a higher content of starch and carbohydrates.

Not only benefits, but also harm, sweet potatoes can harm the human body:

• the presence of oxalic acid (in non-critical quantities) can be harmful to people with diseases of the excretory system (kidney or urinary tract);
• some believe that sweet potatoes can harm people with stomach problems (ulcers or gastritis), as they can irritate the lining of the stomach.

The use of sweet potatoes with caution is possible during breastfeeding and pregnancy. There is also an individual intolerance to a vegetable, but very rarely.

Cooking recipes

This vegetable does not lose useful components during processing., therefore, the use of sweet potatoes is recommended not only raw, but also thermally processed: it can be baked, boiled, fried. They add root vegetables to the first and second courses, interfere with diet salads. Sweet potato goes well with lemon juice or orange peel, you can season it with hot peppers and curry.

Puree

To prepare this dish, root vegetables are peeled, cut into cubes, poured over with water and put on fire. Cook for no more than half an hour (you need the vegetable cubes to become soft).

The water is drained, leaving a little, and the cooked sweet potato is kneaded with a fork or potato grinder. You can pour a little boiled milk into the puree.

During cooking, neither salt nor sugar is added: the finished dish turns out to be quite sweet.

Fried sweet potato

Cut the peeled vegetable into small slices and fry in vegetable oil, stirring regularly until tender. In this case, salt is also not added, because even without it, the dish turns out to be very tasty.

Green beans salad

You can use sweet potatoes to make light diet salads. For example, with green beans.

For him you will need:

• sweet potato (2-3 nodules);
• green beans (0.2 kg);
• red onion;
• parsley (several sprigs);
• sweet mustard (0.5 tsp);
• lemon juice (2-3 tsp);
• olive oil and salt.

How to cook:

1. Boil the peeled potato tubers whole or steam, and then cut into strips. Process the beans in the same way.
2. Cut the onion into half rings, chop the parsley with a knife.
3. Mix all cooked vegetables and season with a mixture of lemon juice, mustard and oil.
4. Then add salt and mix well.

Properly cooked potatoes will not only be tasty and appetizing, but also very healthy.

Welcome to my blog dedicated to His Majesty Sweet Potato.There are thousands of varietal varieties in the world. Sweet potato varieties can differ in the color of the peel and pulp, taste, texture, juiciness, and besides, demanding on soil fertility, watering and climate.

Different colors of sweet potato pulp

In this article, we will talk about sweet potato varieties that are grown in Ukraine and show good results. They came to us from many countries, thanks to enterprising gardeners! Some even remained from the days of the USSR. We managed to keep some names of varieties, others not! And gardeners often forget the names, or even confuse varieties when growing and storing. In this regard, the situation is not very simple 🙂 Okay, let's go!

Skin color

Content

Light-fleshed varieties

• Vinnytsia pink
• Ginseng red
• Howe Bay
• Har Bay
• Vinnitsa aborigine
• Manchu unknown
• Buryachny
• White nbs
• Tyung - 65
• Bonita

Varieties with orange

• Beauregard
• Garnet
• Betty

Varieties with purple

• Violet

Sweet potato varieties with light flesh (white, cream, yellowish)

Vinnytsia pink (BP, red gold, gocha, tekken, just pink) - one of the most popular varieties on the territory of Ukraine, in many ways it is the merit of Alexander Vorobyov! I am not ashamed to say - the most unpretentious, adaptable and fruitful variety. Ideal for your first sweet potato experience. Forms a powerful bush, occasionally blooms. The root vegetable has a pink skin and white flesh. Most often forms a compact crop (see photo), with insufficient watering, it can be scattered. Stores well. Good for replacing potatoes in many dishes, delicious raw.

Vinnytsia pink variety

Red ginseng (LCD, Afghan) - also one of the most popular varieties in Ukraine. Differs in high productivity. As well as BP can replace traditional potatoes in many dishes. Forms a powerful spreading bush with red stems. The shape of the root crop is from swallow to ribbed. The color of the peel is from light pink to cream, the flesh is white. Stores well. Watch a video about LCD cleaning.

red ginseng variety

Root crop shape

Howe Bay (Victory 100, Kurdyumovsky) - the variety, as the name implies, takes its source from the East, was grown for many years in the USSR. It got its distribution thanks to the master of the sweet potato grower A.P. Kochetkov. and Kurdyumov N.I. The peel is light pink, the flesh is creamy with orange pigmentation. Good in any form: fried, baked, boiled, except raw (dry starchy taste). It is noteworthy that it germinates at a rather low temperature of 16-18 degrees.

Har bay - a rather tasty dessert variety, white pulp, cream peel. Forms probably the most massive aboveground part that can be used for composting or for animal feed, which is a huge plus. The disadvantages include poor keeping quality and a predisposition to fungal infections. Healthy bushes have good yields.

Vinnitsa aboriginal (VA, Georgia Red, Sukhum yellow) - dessert variety, author's name from Alexander Vorobyov! It forms a small bush, but nevertheless has good yields. Root vegetables have a yellow flesh with orange or purple blotches.

Manchu unknown (Manchurian) - a sort of maternity hospital from eastern countries (as the name implies), was widespread in the USSR. The main advantage is the ultra small size of the bush (important for small areas), but at the same time, large yields. It has a light pink skin and a yellowish juicy flesh. Great for salads, delicious raw. Blooms profusely and knits seeds. Of the minuses, part of the crop withers faster than usual.

Buryachny (Portuguese third (P3), Kiev orange, Kiev Perlina) - P3 is the codename given by the sweet potato breeder Vadim Dzyuban. The pulp is yellow, the peel is the same color as that of a beet, and under the skin layer of about 1 mm it has a purple color. When growing seedlings, cuttings give roots along the entire length of the stem, which is actually unique (usually only from internodes).In the open field forms very thick stems (relative to other varieties). Fairly productive variety under good conditions.

Buryachny variety (Kiev orange, Kiev perlina)

White from the Novosibirsk Botanical Garden (White NBS, Sukhum white) - one of the most fruitful and not sweet varieties! It tastes good raw due to its juiciness. Root crops, depending on the conditions, can acquire a ribbed shape (like red ginseng). Stores well.

Sukhumi white or white variety from the Novosibirsk Botanical Garden

Tainung 65 (T-65) - a variety of Taiwanese selection. Yielding, usually produces only a few large root crops. Forms very long lashes. One of the earliest, recommended for northern regions.

Bonita - a relatively fresh variety for Ukraine. Shows great promise as the most not sweet sweet potato. It is noteworthy that in the open field it forms several varieties of leaf shapes (on one bush).

Sweet potato varieties with orange flesh

Beauregard - American variety, the standard of sweet potato taste in many countries (especially in the USA). Gained huge distribution in the world due to its taste (when baked, it resembles apricot jam), benefits (rich in beta-carotene), marketable form of root crops (perfectly even of the same shape). Another pluses include: good survival rate of seedlings in hot weather, compact bedding of root crops in the ground, high yield, good keeping quality. It has only one fat minus: it does not give a lot of seedlings, which can be damaged by fungal diseases at the stage of growing it indoors, which cannot be said about open ground.

Beauregard variety

Garnet (Diana) - dessert variety with orange pulp, distinguished by high taste. The skin is dark crimson. The leaf shape is decorative, somewhat reminiscent of maple leaves. It blooms profusely in the open field, some seeds usually have time to ripen. It has several disadvantages: unstable yield, elongation of root crops.

Betty - a variety with orange pulp, a distinctive feature of which is the decorativeness of the leaf - somewhat reminiscent of a hemp leaf. It belongs to bush varieties, usually forms a compact bush.

Porto amarelo (P1, Porto Orange) - Portuguese variety with orange pulp and rind. A distinctive feature is the height of the bush - the tallest variety. The leaves have a decorative carved shape.

Sweet potato varieties with purple flesh

Violet (purple, purple, port roshu) - as can be seen from the description, a sweet potato variety with purple flesh. Brought from the USA, but according to some sources it is a descendant of an ancient Japanese variety. The main advantage is the anthocyanins included in the composition (the culprits of such an exotic color), these are antioxidants that preserve visual acuity, suppress the development of cancer cells, slow down aging and strengthen the immune system. Most importantly, all of these benefits are preserved when cooked. In the open field, it blooms and sets seeds (if summer is warm)! It has high taste (but not due to sweetness), it tastes close to the elite varieties of traditional potatoes. Stores well. It has a number of significant disadvantages: a late variety (not very productive in a climate with a short summer), roots are stretched out.

Purple is rich in anthocyanins

Sweet potato or sweet potato is a tropical plant that grows well as an annual crop and in our middle lane. This garden crop is widely grown in Asia, Africa, America, and now it has come to our beds!

We wrote about what attracted us to the cultivation of sweet potatoes on the main page of our site.

Sweet potatoes grow like lianas, creeping along the ground, on the roots they form thickenings called tubers (which is not true from a biological point of view, but familiar to the ear), which can be eaten.There are a huge number of varieties in the world with different ripening periods (only the earliest varieties are suitable for Russian conditions, with a vegetation period before harvest of 90-110 days), with different colors of the skin and pulp, and, most importantly, with different tastes. There are varieties that cannot be distinguished from potatoes in taste, there are varieties with a nutty-potato flavor, there are sweetish ones, and there are also very sweet ones, especially loved by children. So you can choose a sweet potato for every taste!

Sweet potato tubers of seventeen different varieties

We, in the Sweet Potatoes, have already grown more than 20 varieties of sweet potatoes, some of them are still in the process of breeding, and some of them we can already share. Our pride is a unique sweet potato with a purple color of its skin and pulp, brought from America in 2012, where it is grown as “food of the future”, rich in vitamins, trace elements and anthocyanins, useful for maintaining visual acuity and slowing down the aging process. We invite you to familiarize yourself with our varieties and choose the ones that suit you. You can choose and order the varieties you are interested in - and we will send you the planting material by mail.

Sweet potato tubers are best bought in the fall after harvest and processing for storage. They do not tolerate temperatures below + 10 * C, so they can only be sent out during the warm season in the fall (October-November). In the spring, you can order cuttings for planting on the garden to get the harvest in the same year. In summer and autumn, you can order cuttings in order to grow a huge sweet potato bush on your windowsill over the winter (with proper lighting and temperature, it grows well as a houseplant), which in the spring can be cut into pieces and used for planting on the garden next spring ...

Purple
For the first time we brought a variety with dark purple pulp from the USA to Russia! Medium ripening, intensively climbing, with unbroken leaves, blooming from mid-summer. Contains a large amount of anthocyanins, which are beneficial for health and prolong life. The magenta color retains well when cooked and looks great on a plate with orange and white sweet potatoes. The taste of the Purple Sweet Potato is reminiscent of the taste of a very noble potato with the addition of chestnuts. Purple sweet potatoes can completely replace potatoes, while positively improving your health. For a good harvest, this variety should be grown through seedlings.

 Japanese (Japanese)
Brought by us from the USA, early, with red skin and light creamy pulp. The flavor is very different from the common orange sugary varieties that you can often find at the store. It is less sweet, drier and starchy, similar in taste to potatoes. Like the Purple and White varieties, this is another candidate for a complete replacement of the usual potatoes with a more familiar color for us. Forms lashes intensively, blooms. No seed setting was noticed.

Tainung T-65
Developed in Taiwan, imported to Russia from the UK. The earliest of our varieties, which showed itself very well in the beds in the first year. Forms large tubers with pink skin and yellowish sweetish pulp. Intensively forms long thin lashes with bright burgundy stems. No insect or disease damage was noticed. Very promising for growing in the middle lane.

O'Henry
O'Henry is a white variety of the popular Beauregard variety that inherits its yield. Bred in the USA, brought by us from there to Russia. An early sweet potato variety with a slightly yellowish flesh, sweetish taste, dry consistency. The skin is light cream in color. Forms lashes of medium size, the leaf is not dissected, the tubers are aligned. Ripening period 90 days, highly resistant to diseases.

Victory-100
It has become widespread on the territory of Russia. It is a descendant of the famous variety of the 30s and 40s Nancy Hall. Light skin, yellowish flesh, sweetish taste.Excellent yields, compact arrangement of tubers under the plant, adaptability to the conditions of Russian lands. Produces good yields even in dry years. One of the few varieties known in Russia until recently.

Ginseng Red
Another variety widespread in Russia and in the world. Long lashes with bright red stems. The pulp is white-yellow, the skin of the tubers is white-pink. Excellent yield, ribbed tubers, can grow a meter from the parent bush. Bushes are powerful, spreading.

Manchurian
The sweetest of the varieties with a yellowish flesh. Red skin, bright yellow sweet and moist pulp. A very compact bush with lashes up to 1 m, very good yields per bush. Perfect for small areas.

White
From the collection of the Novosibirsk Botanical Garden, where the original name of the variety was lost, has since been called simply White. The whitest of our varieties, with minimal sweetness. And if you are looking for a substitute for potatoes in your diet, then this is the White sweet potato. The taste is as close as possible to ordinary potatoes, more likely even of elite varieties. The texture is crumbly. The skin is white, the flesh is white. Very early ripening and very harvestable. It was given to us by Olga Akimova, a sweet potato breeder from Khakassia.

Garnet
Brought by us from the USA. Medium-early, excellent sweet taste. It forms a semi-bush with rather long lashes with deeply dissected, very decorative leaves; in the second half of summer it blooms with simple violet-white funnel-shaped flowers, which, when artificially pollinated, can sometimes set seeds. The pulp of the tuber is orange, the skin is orange-reddish. Taste loved by children! The yield is average.

Jewel
Developed by North Carolina State University. Brought by us from the USA. This variety is also called the "queen of sweet potatoes". Suitable for a wide variety of conditions and applications. The skin is copper-colored, the flesh is intense orange. The taste is sweet, the consistency is moist. Each bush forms small lashes and a large number of medium-sized tubers underground. For maximum yield, it must be planted, unlike other varieties, closer to each other (at a distance of 15-20 cm). Medium-early, matures in the middle lane.

Beauregard
The most widely cultivated sweet potato variety in America and Australia, it is considered a common criterion for taste, texture and size. Bred in Louisiana 1987 for insect resistance, high yield and low cracking. Brought by us from the USA, it now grows successfully in Russian beds. The variety is early, it takes 95-110 days to form a crop. Beauregard has a pinkish or coppery skin and dark orange moist pulp with a sweet taste and dry consistency. It forms whips up to two meters long, the yield is excellent, it increases with a thickened planting, with a distance between plants of 20 cm.
 

Beauregard Improved
Bred in the UK as a virus-free cell clone of the classic Beauregard, more adapted to the conditions of England. It differs from Beauregard in increased sweetness and moisture of the pulp, and in the lighter color of the tubers. Productivity is above average. The variety was obtained by us from the sweet potato growers from Bashkiria - Polina and Kirill Mavreshko.

Carolina Ruby
Bred by the University of North Carolina, brought by us from the USA. Early, with dark orange tuber flesh and ruby ​​red skin. Yielding, characterized by a compact arrangement of tubers under the plant. Intensely climbing and actively flowering cultivar. Resistant to fusarium and root rot. The taste of the tubers is sweet, the humidity is medium. When germinating, forms a large number of cuttings.

Vardaman
Developed in 1983 by the American Department of Agriculture (USDA), we brought it to Russia from the USA. Bush type plant, medium early. Great for small areas.Leaves are not dissected, with a purple tint, very decorative. Pink-yellow skin, gradually darkening after digging, bright orange flesh. The sweetness is lower than that of Beauregard, which is a recognized standard, close to that of a potato. Popular and common in the United States, great for baking.

 Covington
Bred in the USA, brought by us to Russia. Differs in excellent yields of flattened tubers with sweet orange flesh. The tubers have a traditional brownish-copper skin color, the flesh is bright orange, sweet and firm. Covington sweet potato tubers have a uniform size and flat surface, and are well stored. Excellent candidate for Beauregard replacement for commercial cultivation.

POTATO TASTE

Very often people ask to describe the taste of sweet potato, but how to do it? The taste is always hard to describe. Especially the taste of sweet potato, because this is a new and unfamiliar culture for us. Most people believe that sweet potatoes resemble frozen potatoes, which is fundamentally wrong. Everyone knows what taste a carrot or an apple has and does not think about what it looks like, so sweet potato has its own unique taste. You can look for some analogs among familiar tastes, but this is not easy, because everyone finds different tastes in the taste. Sweet potato tastes like corn, chestnut, pumpkin, banana, potato, carrot. However, pumpkin and carrots are more noticeable in orange-fleshed varieties due to carotene. At the same time, potato tones are also present. Coniferous notes are seen in the Taynung-T65 variety. There are sweeter varieties, there are less sweet ones. But if you eat sweet potatoes for a long time, then questions about its taste will not arise, because after trying at least once you will remember it.

DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES

I note right away that describing the color of a tuber is a useless exercise, since it will be different in different growing conditions. Therefore, if this parameter is present in the description, then it is conditional. For example, Pobeda-100 in the Kuban has an almost white skin, and to the north of the Rostov region it is pink; in the Tuapse region, they collected both light skin and pink from one garden bed. Some varieties were bought in supermarkets in different countries, and therefore bear conventional names.

1. American Beige - Forms a compact shrub with a three-toothed leaf. Root crops are beige, flesh is white, nicely shaped, homogeneous. Moderately sweet, firm, starchy. Can be used as a potato substitute. Showed a decent yield in the North-West.

2. VINNITSKY ABORIGEN-Forms a compact bush. In autumn, the leaves turn dark red. The tubers are yellow and compact. The yield is average.

3. Bayou Bell - the creators originally called it LA 07-146) medium-growing, large bush with lashes up to 80 cm, normal leaf or with small teeth, tubers with bright red skin and orange pulp, elongated tuber, arrangement of tubers not very compact. Harvestable. The taste is pleasant, moist. Keeps perfectly. Germinates slowly even at elevated storage temperatures.

4. White unknown NBS- (from the collection of the Novosibirsk Botanical Garden), a powerful plant, beautiful foliage, poorly cut, tubers with white skin and white pulp, early maturing, the arrangement of tubers is not compact. The taste is pleasant, rather dry, crumbly. In cooking, it can replace potatoes. Tubers with excess moisture can crack. It germinates easily one of the first, but this does not affect the taste and quality of root crops. In our area, it is the most gnarled and more damaged, apparently to the taste of the underground inhabitants.

5. White (Afghan). Showed excellent yields in 2015 and 2016 in contrast to Red Ginseng, which is considered its twin. A medium-sized dense bush with whips up to 1 meter, thick brown stems. Great taste.

6. Bellevue. A variety with orange flesh. Very nice color beige tubers of good shape.Young foliage of purple color, whips up to 1.5 meters. The variety is thermophilic, a promising variety for warm regions. It sprouts poorly. Yielding, forming even root crops even in conditions of heavy loam. It has a high fructose content. Stores well.

7. Betty is a sweet variety. Potato tubers, compact arrangement, orange skin and pulp, compact bush, early carved leaf.

8. Beauregard - One of the most common varieties for industrial cultivation, thanks to the leveled root crops, and their compactness, all root crops are located at the base of the bush, and also has several lashes up to 2 meters long. Can be grown in thickened plantings with a distance between plants of 20-25 cm. Tubers are beautifully shaped, the skin is pink or copper (this variety has several varieties), have a sweet taste, orange pulp, rich in carotene. Ripening period is medium-late 110-120 days. Stored well, germinates with difficulty. Bred at Louisiana State University in the 80s. In the USA it is the benchmark. From the Beauregard variety in the UK, the Beauregard Superior variety was bred by virus-free cloning.

9. Brazilian - tolerates not very favorable climatic conditions and takes root well in the middle lane. It gives a consistently high yield, resistant to diseases and pests. The tubers are characterized by a light skin and white flesh with a mild taste.

10. Bushbok- South African variety, now cultivated all over the world, popular in Asia and South America. In Honduras, one of the main varieties grown commercially. Sweet potato with pink-raspberry skin and light pulp, rather compact bush, flowering, mid-season variety. To obtain a full harvest, it needs at least 110 days, preferably grown in the southern regions. The taste is excellent, nutty. Sweet potatoes of this variety keep well and germinate well.

11. Vardaman - Another variety with brown-orange skin and orange sweet flesh. The variety was released by the Mississippi Agricultural Service in 1981. It is a compact bush type with simple purple leaves, which makes it very decorative. Due to its compactness, this variety is recommended for small areas where space needs to be saved. Early ripening (90 days), recommended for growing in northern regions. The tubers are located compactly under the bush, small in size, aligned in shape. The yield is average. Tubers keep well.

12. Vinnytsia pink (as well as Red Gold, Tekken, Gocha, Virginia Red). Forms a rather powerful vigorous bush with thick lashes. Most of the harvest is under the bush, which is very convenient when harvesting. Someone thinks that the Sweetness is minimal, and someone else - the Taste is averagely sweet, until you try it yourself, you will not understand. Excellent keeping quality. In its raw form, it resembles a cabbage stump without the bitter taste characteristic of cabbage. Harvestable. The rind is pink-purple, the flesh is bright white. Juicy. Total sugar - 4.83%. Suitable for replacing potatoes in almost all dishes, as well as for eating raw. Seedlings are strong, stocky. Tubers are bright pink, elongated, prone to elongation. In soft soil, tubers of 1 kg are often found. The tubers are deep. Early, you can try for the northern regions. One of the most versatile varieties.

13. Garnet, also known as Diana, is a large plant with many thick whips. In addition to nutritional value, the variety has very decorative carved leaves, under favorable conditions the variety blooms, which is rare in sweet potatoes. The tubers are elongated, with raspberry skin and orange flesh, the location of the roots is not compact, the yield is high. If the lashes are not allowed to take root, then the yield increases significantly and the tubers grow to a good size. Suitable for northern regions. Average ripening period. It tastes very much like a carrot ..

fourteen.Jewel is a very compact plant, 3-4 lashes up to 50 cm long, normal leaf, can be grown in thickened plantings, neat tubers, with copper skin and orange pulp, demanding on heat. All roots are located at the base of the bush. Convenient for growing.

15. Georgia Red - Normal leaf, tan skin and light orange pulp, table variety, early ripening. It fails in the north, although in Kharkov, for example, it is a steadily productive variety.

16. GEORGIA JET - This sweet potato is named for the state where it has been the main crop for many years - Georgia. A classic and very popular sweet potato variety with a brownish-red skin and orange sweet flesh. Also the most common variety in Israel.

17. Druzhkovsky - similar in shape and arrangement of tubers to Pobeda-100. Easy to farm. Suitable for northern regions. Unlike Victory, it blooms. It is unstable to rot, requires timely cleaning. The variety can be recommended for beginners. Originally from Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, arrow-shaped and ivy-shaped leaves, compact plant, light tubers, yellowish flesh, good taste, excellent yield. Drought-resistant.

18. EGYPTIAN UNKNOWN — recently grown in the Russian Federation. During this time, the color of the skin has changed, the skin turned white. Requires advanced agricultural technology. Better to plant in long shoots. In this case, the tubers are huge.

19. Ginseng Red is a powerful plant with very thick red-brown lashes, tubers are white-pink, cream flesh is closer to white. Tubers are often ribbed. Demanding heat at the time of landing. Non-compact arrangement of tubers. In my opinion, a very pleasant taste, reminiscent of a chestnut. Yields vary with growing conditions. Some bushes may not tie a crop, others will please with yield. It is stored perfectly.

20. INDIAN-pale pink skin, light flesh. The tubers are long, the bush is compact, the leaves are carved. The variety is on trial.

21. Covington- This is a new variety, developed in 2005 at the University of North Carolina. Round bush with several lashes up to 50 cm, normal leaf, blooms, young purple leaves, copper tubers with dense orange flesh, medium ripening, yield comparable to Beauregard, compact arrangement of tubers. The taste is good, the flesh is rather dry. Planting distance of 30 cm. Yields are higher than those of Beauregard, still the unrivaled benchmark of the leader. Excellent candidate for Beauregard replacement for commercial cultivation.

22. KUMARA RED- variety from New Zealand. The yield is low. Bright pink-red skin is often veined and light flesh. Scatters tubers. The most "climbing" of the cultivated varieties (lets vines up to 5 meters).

23. Manchurian - a very compact plant, can be grown in thickened plantings, pink-red skin, yellow pulp. Early ripening period 90 days, high yield in the south, compact arrangement of tubers. Good taste, moist. Raw, soft, juicy, crunchy, on the palate with nutty tones. Suitable for raw foodists. An excellent variety for growing with a shortage of planting areas. I like the wireworm very much. One of the simplest in agricultural technology. Can be recommended for northern regions. This variety, even with a small amount of green mass, grows rather large tubers.

24. Mohan- (new name Breadshaw), bush variety with lashes up to 50 cm, beautiful light pink tubers with blush, orange flesh, rich taste, moist texture. Harvest in the south. It takes 120-130 days of growing season for maximum yield. The variety is unusual in taste and appearance. It can be classified as a dessert variety. It has a pleasant, very sweet, creamy taste. Salmon-orange pulp, moist. In addition to its excellent taste, this sweet potato is very attractive outwardly due to the unusual dissected seven-piece foliage.

25. Nutmeg is the most delicious variety with a nutmeg flavor.Tasty even right after harvest (other varieties should lie down for a bit). The real name of the variety is unknown. Apparently refers to the varieties of national selection (most likely American). The vine is very powerful (the most powerful bush of all), heart-shaped leaf. The tubers are large, oval, "potato" shaped. Scatters tubers. Stored medium. The tubers are affected by rot. In this regard, it is better to use it first. By the spring, the taste is slightly lost.

26. O'Henri - medium size up to 1 m, normal leaf, cream tubers with dry creamy pulp. Early.

27. Nancy Hall is a popular variety in America in the 30-40s of the last century. Kustovoy. The growing season is at least 100 days. Light peel, yellowish flesh with light orange blotches. When heat treated, it becomes orange. In its raw form, after storage for 2-3 months, it acquires an exquisite taste without the starchy hue characteristic of other varieties. Ideal for raw foodists.

28. Pobeda-100 - variety of selection of the USSR, medium-growing, lashes up to 1.5 m, normal leaf. The bush is compact. Can be planted as thick as potatoes. The tubers are compactly located (easy to dig out), the yield is stable, average in cold summers or high in warm summers, pink roots with creamy yellow flesh. Ripening periods are average, suitable for widespread cultivation. The taste is sweetish. Germinates early (according to reviews). Early ripening, fruitful. Pale pink rind, yellowish flesh with a pinkish pattern. Immediately after harvesting, tasteless (tubers should lie down). Tubers are even, smooth or streaked, potato-shaped. The keeping quality is average. One of the simplest in agricultural technology. It works almost everywhere. The most widespread variety in the south. Recommended for beginners. It is unstable to rot, requires timely cleaning. When cleaning, it emits sticky juice, which can be washed off with laundry soap.

29. Porto Amorello- A variety from Portugal. Forms the tallest bushes with green decorative carved leaves. The peel is light yellow. The pulp is pale orange, firm. The tubers are long.

30. Porto Baterraba - A variety from Portugal. It can be found under the names: Kiev Orange and Perlina (Pearl) of Kiev. The beetroot peel and subcutaneous layer has a sweeter taste than the yellow flesh. The structure of the pulp is dense. Medium-sweet high-yielding variety, forming medium-length whips with very thick beet-red stems. The tubers are located compactly, the yield is high. The variety is worthy of attention.

31. Porto Larange - A variety from Portugal. A promising variety with a rounded toothed leaf and orange flesh. A variety tested in northern conditions.

32. Purple speckled - powerful plant, intensely plaited up to 2.5 m, normal leaf, blooms. Tubers are thin, very long, purple in color with purple pulp and light blotches, rich in anthocyanins. Variety valuable for health. It is considered early, the yield is quite high. Germinates well.

33. Purple (violet) - One of the traditional American varieties. It was brought from the USA. Blossoms. Almost not damaged by pests. Tubers are elongated, fusiform, dark purple in color. The pulp is dark purple, with a dull white marble pattern, dry, dense, slightly sweet. The color does not change during heat treatment, but it can change slightly in combination with sour foods or soda (in baked goods). The taste is reminiscent of the best varieties of potatoes, with a slight hint of chestnuts, almost no sweetness. Thanks to anthocyanins, which give such a special color to the pulp, it is considered especially beneficial for health, but we value this variety for its pleasant taste and good yield.

34. Ruby Carolina - intensively climbing plant up to 2 meters, normal leaf, ruby-red rough skin, orange pulp. Compact arrangement of tubers. Early ripening period 90 days, high yield. The taste is pumpkin-carrot, in its raw form, the taste of starchy carrots. It is not stored for long, 3-4 months, it is prone to drying out.It is rarely necessary to plant this variety, with a distance between plants of at least 40 cm.

35. Taynung-65 is a powerful plant with a huge number of thin reddish lashes up to 5 meters long with arrow-shaped leaves. Roots are pink with creamy flesh, often huge, sometimes one tuber per bush. The yield is very high. Early 90-100 days. Good variety for growing in the North. Rich taste. The tubers are deep. One of the best varieties in terms of the sum of its merits. It works well even in the northern regions. Tubers germinate slowly. In this variety, it is better to leave small and medium tubers for seedlings, large ones may not germinate at all. A variety from Taiwan.

36. HAR BAY- yellow skin and pulp. The yield is low.

37. Japanese - tastes like potatoes, but slightly sweet. This variety will appeal even to those who are not very fond of sweet potatoes, since there is practically no sweetness characteristic of orange varieties in it. The structure of the pulp is tender, without coarse fibers, dryish and starchy. Medium-growing plant with lashes up to 2 meters, normal leaf. The average ripening period is 100-110 days.

And this is only a small part of the varieties. All of these varieties are grown in Russia and some have already become favorites.

Results for varieties may vary, so an individual and independent selection is necessary here.

Not everyone is engaged in the cultivation of sweet potatoes, considering that this culture does not take root well in our latitudes. However, practice proves the opposite - knowing the peculiarities of cultivating "sweet potatoes" and choosing the right variety, you can get a good harvest even at home. Among the advantages of growing sweet potatoes, it is worth noting high yield, resistance to diseases and pests, excellent taste and nutritional qualities.

In addition, from the existing varieties of sweet potatoes, each gardener can choose a sweet potato that meets specific requirements for taste, growing season and other characteristics.

And now - the ratings of the varieties.

The most productive -

1st place - Taynung-T65, Beauregard, Purple, Port Batteraba, Bonita, Vinnytsia Pink

2nd place - Covington, Victory 100, O'Henry, Carolina Ruby, Red Ginseng, Manchurian,

3rd place - Jewel, Georgia Jet, Garnet

outsiders - White, Japanese, Mohan

The most aligned tubers -

1st place - Covington, Beauregard, Bonita

2nd place - Taynung-T65, Pobeda 100, Japanese, Caroline Ruby, Garnet

3rd place - OHenry, Jewel, Vardaman, Georgia Jet, Bushbok, Manchurian,

4th place - Ginseng Red, White

The sweetest (orange) -

1st place - Garnet, Beauregard, Caroline Ruby, Mohan

2nd place - Jewel, Covington, Vardaman, La, Belvo

3rd place - Georgia Jet

Most potato (not orange) -

1st place - White, Japanese, Purple

2nd place - Taynung-T65, O'Henry, Victory 100, Red Ginseng, Bushbok

3rd place - Manchurian

The driest (crumbly) -

1st place - Purple, Japanese, White, Georgia Jet

2nd place - O'Henry, Beauregard, Garnet, Caroline Ruby, Vardaman

3rd place - Taynung-T65, Pobeda 100, Jewel, Covington, Bushbok

4th place - Red Ginseng, Manchurian

The most decorative bushes -

1st place - Garnet (carved 3-5 fawn, bright green leaves, blooms), Mohan (carved leaf 7 fawn), Betty (carved leaf 5 fawn), Caroline Ruby (young leaves are red, blooms profusely), Bushbok (thick dense bright -green bushes), White (leaf carved in the sunlight, at home a solid plate), Covington (young leaves are red).

2nd place - Purple (in bloom), Japanese (in bloom), Red Ginseng (reddish lashes with green leaves), Taynung-T65 (Red lashes up to 5 meters long with symmetrical two teeth on the heart leaf)

The most compact (in the green part) bushes are

1st place - Manchurian, Mohan, Betty

2nd place - OHenry, Garnet, Jewel, Covington, Vardaman, Bushbok, White

3rd place - Purple, Japanese, Georgia Jet, Red Ginseng, Victory 100

4th place - Taynung-T65, Caroline Ruby, Beauregard

The most compact by arrangement of tubers (depends on the type of soil!) -

1st place - Beauregard, Covington, Pobeda-100, Purple, Bonita, Belvo, Port of Butteraba

2nd place - Taynung-T65, Japanese, O'Henry, Jewel, Caroline Ruby, Vardaman, Georgia Jet, Bushbok, Ginseng, Manchurian, White

3rd place - Garnet

The highest level of anthocyanins -

1st place - Purple

Vines, foliage and roots can be used as feed for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and rabbits without any adverse effect on growth, milk and meat production. It can also be used as silage during the lean period.

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), also known as sweet potatoes, is an extremely versatile and delicious vegetable that has a high nutritional value. It is also a valuable medicinal plant with anti-cancer, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects. Sweet potatoes are now considered a valuable source of unique natural products, including some that can be used in the development of medicines for various diseases and in the manufacture of industrial products.

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