Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1945
Heredity: Hybrid
History: Mutation from vine Porto Rico
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Georgia Coastal Plain Expt. Station
Days to harvest: 100

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: 6-12 inches
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Leaves
Roots
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Sprouts from mature roots

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Common names
  • Sweet Potato
Also sold as:
  • Bush Porto Rico
  • Cliett Bunch Porto Rico

Photo Gallery
Location: raised bed
Date: 2020-06-14
  • Uploaded by pod
Location: Bon Aqua, TN
Date: 2011
Image used courtesy of the New Hope Seed Company
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Aug 27, 2013 2:35 PM concerning plant:
    A short vine version of the original Porto Rico. Very popular in the middle of the 20th century. Productive and with excellent flavor. Disadvantage: It is highly susceptible to Scurf. It is sometimes sold as Bush Porto Rico. Red skin, orange flesh on three foot vines.

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