Popular Varieties of Sweet Potatoes

Popular varieties of sweet potatoes are shown in the following chart. This chart provides skin colors and flesh colors for over 100 sweet potato varieties. However, world-wide there are about 6,500 varieties of sweet potatoes including wild accessions and farmer varieties.

Just below the chart you will find an invitation to submit any information you know about other popular varieties of sweet potatoes. Or, you can help fill in the "Blanks" in the chart.

Popular Sweet Potato Varieties Chart

Name	Origin	Heirloom	Growth Type	Season Type	Skin Color	Flesh Color
ALLGOLD	OKLAHOMA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	TAN	ORANGE
AMISH BUSH PORTO RICO	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	PINK	ORANGE
AMISH RED	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	DEEP PINK	RED ORANGE
AMISH WHITE BUNCH	BLANK	YES	SEMI BUSH	MID	CREAM	WHITE
APACHE	USDA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	PALE ORANGE	PALE ORANGE
BATAS	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	CREAMY WHITE	WHITE
BEAUREGARD	LOUISIANA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	RED ORANGE	ORANGE
BETTYS	BLANK	YES	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	PINK RED	LIGHT ORANGE
BONIATO - STAR LEAF WHITE BRAZILIAN	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
BRINKLEY WHITE	BLANK	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	CREAMY WHITE	CREAM
BUNCH PORTO RICO - BUSH - VINELESS	BLANK	NO	COMPACT BUSH	LATE	YELLOW ORANGE	YELLOW ORANGE
CALIFORNIA GOLD	CALIFORNIA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	LIGHT ORANGE	ORANGE
CAMPEON	BLANK	BLANK	BLANK	BLANK	WHITE	BLANK
CAROGOLD	SOUTH CAROLINA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	BRIGHT PURPLE	ORANGE
CAROLINA BUNCH	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	MID	LIGHT ORANGE	LIGHT ORANGE
CAROLINA RUBY	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	REDDISH	DEEP ORANGE
CARVER	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	PINKISH RED	LIGHT ORANGE
CENTENNIAL	LOUISIANA	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	COPPER	PALE ORANGE
CHEROKEE	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	BLANK	BRIGHT COPPER	ORANGE
CONTINENTAL RED	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	PINKISH RED	LIGHT ORANGE
COPPER JEWEL	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	LIGHT ORANGE	LIGHT ORANGE
CORDNERS RED	OKLAHOMA	NO	COMPACT BUSH	BLANK	DEEP PURPLE	RED ORANGE
COVINGTON	NORTH CAROLINA	NO	BLANK	BLANK	ROSE	ORANGE
CRYSTAL WHITE	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	BLANK	CREAMY WHITE	CREAM
DARBY	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	RED	DEEP ORANGE
DIANNE	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	BLANK	RED	DEEP ORANGE
DINGESS CONNECTICUT BLOOM	NEW ENGLAND	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	LATE	PINKISH WHITE	WHITE
DINGESS OLD TIME WHITE	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
DINGESS PINK TINT	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	PINKISH WHITE	WHITE
DINGESS RUSTY COAT	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	LATE	PALE RUSTY	WHITE
EDNA EVANS	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	LATE	LIGHT ORANGE	ORANGE
ENVY	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	PALE ORANGE	PALE ORANGE
EVANGELINE	LOUISIANA	NO	BLANK	BLANK	ROSE	DEEP ORANGE
EXCEL	USDA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	ORANGISH TAN	PALE ORANGE
FRAZIER WHITE	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	WHITE	WHITE
GARNET	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	BLANK	RED	ORANGE
GEM	NORTH CAROLINA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	LIGHT ORANGE	PALE ORANGE
GEORGIA JET	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	DEEP PINK RED	DEEP ORANGE
GEORGIA RED	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	TANNISH ORANGE	DEEP ORANGE
GEORGIA YAM	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	COPPER ORANGE	ORANGE
GINSENG ORANGE	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	ORANGE	ORANGE
GINSENG RED	BLANK	YES	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	PINK	LIGHT ORANGE
GOLD NUGGET	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	LIGHT RED	ORANGE
GOLDEN JEWEL	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	ORANGE	ORANGE
GOLDEN SLIPPER	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	LATE	LIGHT ORANGE	LIGHT ORANGE
GOLDRUSH	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	ORANGE	ORANGE
GOLDSTAR	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	PINK	LIGHT ORANGE
HAYMAN	EASTERN SHORE DEL-MD-VA	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	CREAM	CREAM
HEARTOGOLD	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	TAN	BRIGHT ORANGE
HERNANDEZ	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	COPPER	DEEP ORANGE
INDIANA GOLD	INDIANA	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	GOLDEN	ORANGE
IVIS WHITE CREAM	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	CREAM	CREAM
JAPANESE-ORIENTAL	JAPAN	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	PINK RED	PALE ORANGE
JEANIE	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	DEEP PINK	LIGHT ORANGE
JEWEL	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	MID	LIGHT ORANGE	ORANGE
JUBILEE	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	CREAM	CREAM
KOREAN PURPLE	KOREA	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	PURPLE	WHITE
LACELEAF	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	PINK	PALE ORANGE
MAGOFFIN	KENTUCKY	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	PALE ORANGE
MARGARET BRAY	KENTUCKY	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	PINK RED	ORANGE
MARTINS	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	ORANGE	LIGHT ORANGE
MARYLAND 810	MARYLAND	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	RED	DEEP ORANGE
MAYNARD FAMILY WHITE	BLANK	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	LATE	WHITE	WHITE
MEMPHIS	TENNESSE	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	PINK	LIGHT ORANGE
MILLARD COOPER	BLANK	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	LATE	CREAM	WHITE
NANCY HALL	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	LATE	CREAMY YELLOW	CREAMY YELLOW
NEMAGOLD	OKLAHOMA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	ORANGISH TAN	ORANGE
NUGGET	NORTH CAROLINA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	PINK	LIGHT ORANGE
OAKLEAF	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	BLANK	BLANK	BLANK
OKINAWA PURPLE	JAPAN	NO	SLOW VINES	VERY LATE	LIGHT BEIGE	DEEP PURPLE
OKINAWAN	JAPAN	NO	SLOW VINES	VERY LATE	PALE PURPLE	PURPLE
OKLAHOMA RED	OKLAHOMA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	RED	ORANGE
OKLAMAR	OKLAHOMA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	TAN	SALMON
OLD BRAZIL	BLANK	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN QUEEN	BLANK	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	CREAM
O HENRY	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	WHITE	WHITE
OLD KENTUCKY	KENTUCKY	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
OLD ORANGE	BLANK	YES	WEAK VINES	MID	DEEP ORANGE	DEEP ORANGE
ORANGE OAKLEAF	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	PALE COPPER	BRIGHT ORANGE
PELICAN PROCESSOR	LOUISIANA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
PICADITA POPLAR ROOT	BLANK	YES	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
PORTO RICO	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	MID	RED ORANGE	ORANGE
PUMPKIN YAM	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	ORANGE	LIGHT ORANGE
PURPLE	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	EARLY	DEEP PURPLE	PURPLE
QUALLS	VIRGINIA	YES	AVERAGE VINES	LATE	TANNISH ORANGE	TANNISH ORANGE
RED IVY LEAF	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	DEEP PINK	LIGHT ORANGE
RED JAPANESE	JAPAN	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	RED	LIGHT CREAM
RED WINE VELVET	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	RED	ORANGE RED
REDCLIFF	SOUTH CAROLINA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	ORANGE	ORANGE
REDGOLD	OKLAHOMA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	RED	SALMON
REGAL	USDA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	LATE	RED	ORANGE
RINGLEYS PORTO RICO	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	CREAM	APRICOT
ROSE CENTENNIAL	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	PINKISH TAN	ORANGE
SHARP	BLANK	YES	BUSH	MID	ORANGE	ORANGE
SHOREGOLD	BLANK	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	RED	ORANGE
SOUTHERN DELITE	USDA-SOUTH CAROLINA	NO	BLANK	BLANK	ROSE-DARK COPPER	ORANGE
SOUTHERN QUEEN	BLANK	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
SPANISH RED	BLANK	YES	SEMI BUSH	VERY LATE	RED	WHITE
SPECKLED PURPLE	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	REDDISH PURPLE	MAGENTA PURPLE
STAR LEAF - BONIATO WHITE STEVENSONS	BLANK	YES	BUSH	MID	LIGHT ORANGE	LIGHT ORANGE
STOKER RED	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	LATE	PALE RED	SALMON
SUMOR	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	CREAMY WHITE	WHITE
SUNNYSIDE	USDA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	TANNISH ORANGE	PALE ORANGE
TENNESSEE TOP MARK	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	DARK PINK	ORANGE
THEODORE MEECE OLD FASHIONED WHITE	BLANK	YES	LONG VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
TRAVIS	USDA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
VARDAMAN	USDA	NO	BUSH	MID	LIGHT ORANGE	RED ORANGE
VIOLETTA	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	BRIGHT PURPLE	WHITE
WAKENDA	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	EARLY	DARK PINK	DARK ORANGE
WHITE DELITE	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	PURPLE	WHITE
WHITE HAMON	BLANK	BLANK	BLANK	BLANK	LIGHT BEIGE	PALE YELLOW
WHITE HAYMAN	EASTERN SHORE DE-MD-VA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
WHITE JEWEL	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	CREAM	CREAM
WHITE QUEEN	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
WHITE TRIUMPH	BLANK	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
WHITE YAM	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	WHITE	CREAMY WHITE
WHITESTAR	USDA	NO	VIGOROUS VINES	MID	WHITE	WHITE
WILLOWLEAF	BLANK	YES	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	LIGHT ORANGE	ORANGE
YAM	LOUISIANA	NO	SEMI BUSH	EARLY	RED	ORANGE
YAMIAMO	JAPAN	NO	BLANK	BLANK	BROWN	WHITE
YELLOW JERSEY	BLANK	YES	AVERAGE VINES	MID	CREAM	WHITE
YELLOW JEWEL	NORTH CAROLINA	NO	AVERAGE VINES	MID	LIGHT COPPER	YELLOW ORANGE

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