Sweet potato varieties

Purple Type Sweet Potato

Purple skin and pale yellow or white flesh. Like the Jersey, its meat is only mildly sweet and a little more firm and dry. 

Orange Type Sweet Potato

Orange skinned, orange-fleshed sweetpotato, the Jewell is a classic. When cooked, the meat is super-sweet and very moist. 

White Type Sweet Potato

With pale yellow-gold skin and pale yellow or white flesh, the Jersey is the most potato-like of sweetpotatoes. The meat is only mildly sweet and a little more firm and dry than orange-fleshed varieties. 

Red Type Sweet Potato

A red skinned, orange-fleshed sweetpotato. Like the Jewell, when cooked, the meat is very sweet and moist.