Sweet Potato
Beauregard
Developed at Louisiana State University in 1987, this variety may be the most popular sweet potato in the world. It is favored by high yields of uniform reddish-purple potatoes with tasty dark orange flesh that remains well stored.
Profile
Sweet and slightly nutty flavor
Vitamins C and E and contain iron, fiber, and potassium
Baking, frying, boiling, steaming, pureeing, and mashing
Susceptibility / Resistance to common diseases
- Soil rot: resistant
- Root node: very successful
- Fusarium wilt: resistant
- Bacterial root rot: susceptible
- Rhizopus soft rot: resistant
- Sclerotial spot: intermediate
- Fusarium root rot: resistant
