Sweet Potato Slips -info and varieties

This variety has a deep orange flesh and copper skin. This large size sweet potato can adapt to a wide range of soils including loamy, sandy, and clay.

115 days to maturity

This is a red-skinned root with deep orange flesh that has great flavour. Garnet sweet potatoes are medium to large in size and are slender and cylindrical in shape, tapering at the ends. The flesh is orange-gold and is firm, dense, and moist. When cooked, Garnet sweet potatoes are starchy and moister than other varieties, and its flavor is sweet with a savory earthiness. This is a favourite among the home cooks and seasoned chefs for it's flavour. 

100-110 days to maturity

Sweet Golden has very sweet, slightly creamy flesh. Both the skin and the flesh are white on this variety. White sweet potatoes have a milder, slightly nutty flavor and a firmer, drier texture than their orange-fleshed counterparts, making them versatile for both sweet and savory dishes. Good keeper.

110-115 days to maturity

110-115 days to maturity

Purple skin and flesh! Stunning dark purple coloration, standard tapered root shape and size. A uniform and concentrated root set, outperforming any other purple-fleshed varieties we have trialed. Performed well in our short growing season without any row cover. Stores well.

100 days to maturity

 (Heirloom) Korean Sweet Potatoes have purple skin and white flesh, which turns creamy yellow when cooked. They have a lower water content which makes them perfect as a roasted or baked snack because they retain a dry but fluffy interior when cooked. They are sweeter than American sweet potatoes. Early maturing, vigorous vines.

100 days to maturity

Beauregard sweet potatoes have a red skin and orange flesh. This is a very widely grown and popular variety with dark red-orange skin and moist, sweet, orange flesh. Considered an early variety, Beauregard is capable of producing large, blocky roots that store well. Developed by Louisiana State University in 1987.

105 days to maturity

With a more complex, nutty flavor than the traditional orange sweet potato, this Murasaki-style variety produces good yields of roots with uniform shape and a unique, dry texture. Incredibly good roasted with a pat of butter!

105 days to maturity

Flesh is a pale yellow, with red skin. This variety does very well for us in our short eastern Ontario summers. Owaraika Red are firm textured making them ideal for roasting. They have a vigorous growth habit with long runners.

110 days to maturity

(Heirloom) Ginseng Red are early maturing plants with 4-6' vines.  They have pinkish-red skin with light orange flesh.  The shape of the leaves is cut with a serrated ivy-type look. 

105 days to maturity

This red skin, yellow flesh variety is drier, firmer and milder than others.    Very good yield for regions with cool, short seasons and is excellent for storage.

100 days to maturity

Orange fleshed with copper-coloured skin and the plant has ivy-like leaves. Yields well.

100 days to maturity

These plants are early maturing, grown on 6-8' vines. The white skin contains a dryer white flesh. Longer, tapered roots. Has an excellent yield potential as it forms many sizeable roots.

100 days to maturity