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Sweet Potato Varieties
World-wide there are over 6,000 varieties of sweet potatoes. Source - International Potato Center (CIP) Following are descriptions for some types found in North America. Skin color comes in various shades of yellow-orange, tan, reddish-purple and red.
Flesh colors come in shades of orange, yellow-orange, white, and even red.
Most of the sweet potatoes produced in the U.S. are either Beauregard or Jewel (see descriptions in chart below).
Some other orange-fleshed varieties include:
Nemagold, Centennial, Southern Delite, Hernandez, Regal, Bush, Travis, Excel, Vardaman.
Some other white-fleshed or cream varieties include: Star Leaf (known generically as Boniato), White Delight, Nancy Hall, Sumor, Picadita,
Campeon.
NAME & ORIGIN / SKIN COLOR / FLESH COLOR
Beauregard (Louisiana) / Rose / Orange
Carolina Ruby (No Carolina) / Dark Red-Purple Red / Dark Orange
Cordner (Texas) / Copper / Medium Orange
Hernandez (Louisiana) / Burnt Orange / Deep Orange
Jewel (No Carolina) / Copper / Deep Orange
Porto Rico (No Carolina) / Rose-pink / Orange Mottled
White Delight (Georgia) / Purplish-pink
/ White
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