SWEET POTATO VARIETIES
- RADIANCE - VSP001 PBR #5877
- It has excellent flavour, early maturation, rich orange flesh
- Ideal for Canadian growing season
- 1650 growing degree days (approximately 107 days to maturity when grown in Southern Ontario)
- Planting requirements:
- Full sun
- Well drained sandy loam soil
- Plant on raised bed and keep moist
- 12” spacing between plants
- VINELAND EARLY ORANGE - V15L105 PBR #22-11068
- An exceptionally early maturing sweet potato well suited to short Canadian growing seasons
- Appropriate for later planting or short growing seasons
- Red skin with orange flesh
- Very uniform root quality
- Requires an extended curing period (up to 14 days)
- Advantages/Benefits:
- Earliest maturing Vineland variety – can be harvested at least 24 days earlier than top commercial varieties
- Significantly higher sugar content than top commercial varieties
- Highest total marketable yield of Vineland sweet potatoes
- VINELAND COMPACT ORANGE - V16L410 PBR #22-11071
- Consistently superb root quality
- High-yielding and uniform variety
- Light red skin with orange flesh
- Advantages/Benefits:
- Particularly compact plant growth
- Excellent root appearance
- Good storability
- Good performance under organic production
- VINELAND SALMON ORANGE - V15L026 PBR #22-11067
- A sweet potato for Southern Canada with high yield potential in longer growing seasons
- High-yielding and uniform variety
- Light red skin with orange flesh
- Advantages/Benefits:
- Later maturing – requires more than 125 days for optimal yields
- High yield potential in Southern Ontario and other regions with longer grower seasons
- High dry-matter content
- LUMINANCE - VSP002 PBR #6150
- New from Vineland
- Purple skin with yellow flesh
- Exceptional performance in Canadian growing conditions
- Approximately 120 days to harvest
- Total marketable yields exceeded closest competitor Murasaki by seven times during production trials at Vineland
