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1563200 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, four slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina since 1980. Photo~1954.
1563201 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Since 1980, scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina. Phto~1954.
1563203 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Since 1980, scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina.  Livestock manure was used to generate warmth for the roots to sprout in the plant bed.  However the manure carried inoculum, so 4inches of soil was used to separate the roots from the manure.  Photo~1954.
1563218 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plantbeds.  Workers removing sprouts from bedded storage roots to be used to plant fields. 
1563222 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato slips (plants) packed in bushel boxes to be taken to the field and planted (June 1978).
1563216 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato field ready to be planted.  (Jun69).
1563271 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots,  cv. 'Pope' still attached to plant after digging with a plow (Oct77).
1563223 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots were covered with too much soil and rotted in the plant bed and produced no sprouts (Apr 98
1563219 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas   Sweetpotato plantbeds showing magnitude of the operation.  Notice crews in background (Jun.78).
1563220 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plantbeds showing magnitude of the operation.  Notice crews in background (Jun.78).
1563217 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato field just planted with slips.  (Jun69).
1563202 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Historic, slide set used at grower meetings to show steps to control the then prevalent and costly scurf disease.  Since 1980, scurf is occasionally seen in North Carolina. Photo~1954.   Treatment with Semesan Bell
1563281 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Barn storage and 20bushel crates in background  (Oct77).
1563266 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester placing harvested roots in trailer.  The adjustable conveyor is designed to minimize injuries to roots caused by long drops. 
1563267 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester placing harvested roots in trailer.  The adjustable conveyor is designed to minimize injuries to roots caused by long drops.  Close up of hydraulic adjustment.  (Nov75)
1563269 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester placing harvested roots in trailer.  The adjustable conveyor is designed to minimize injuries to roots caused by long drops.  (Nov75)
1563270 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvesting boxes; 1 bushel equals 60 pounds.  Cultivar 'Pope' (Nov69).
1563291 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Roots emerging from lye peeler.  Notice off type color of roots (Oct75).
1563292 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Peeled and washed emerging from lye peeler.  Roots are headed for the canning operation (Oct75).
1563293 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Peeled and washed roots are headed for the canning operation (Oct75). 
1563294 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sheet of sweetpotato pure for flakes (Oct75).
1563295 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Cutting belt
1563298 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Prize baskets of Porto Rico sweetpotatoes; Yam Festival in Tabor City,NC; 1948.
1563261 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In-field harvester/sorter/grader; very mobile (Oct75).  
1563262 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas In-field harvester/sorter/grader diggins roots after the vines were mowed (Oct75).
1563264 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester diggins roots and lowering them them into a trailer.  (Oct75).
1563265 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Harvester designed to dig and lower roots trailer with minimal drop to avoid injuries to the sweetpotatoes.  (Oct75).
1563246 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  Two persons alternate in placing cuttings for planting in one row.  County Agent P. Westerbeek third from left.  (Jun90).
1563247 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  Top of the row is sheared off prior to planting the cutting.  (Jun90).
1563248 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  The top of the row is sheared off prior to placing the cutting in the planter.  (Jun90).
1563249 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanting.  Details of planter.   (Jun90).
1563205 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Effect of seed treatment
1563180 potato Solanum tuberosum This is a potato (Solanum tuberosu) field showing aircraft application of pesticides to control European Corn Borer and possibly late blight in the Tidewater area in eastern North Carolina.
1563181 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' packout of quality product after storage.  July1976
1563182 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots after storage ready for shipment.  "Jewel."  Apr76
1563183 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas
1563184 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato after storage and waxing ready for shipment.  Apr76
1563185 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage and waxing for shipment to markets, Apr76.
1563186 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Display of sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots and information on uses and nutritional value  May78.
1563187 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage for shipment to markets in a Yam Commission carton.  For years sweetpotatoes were called Yams.  This was a misnomer so the name was changed to North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission, Apr76.
1563188 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato 'Jewel' roots after storage and washing for shipment to markets, Apr76.
1563189 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Baskets used for shipping sweetpotatoes to markets after storage and washing.  Baskets are no longer used, Apr76.
1563191 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato being irrigated.  Actually, sweetpotato fields are usually not irrigated.  'Jewel' roots after storage and waxing for shipment to markets, Sep68.
1563192 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Five sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) roots compared to one yam (Dioscorea spp.) root.  Although both are roots, the plants are not even distantly relate; the sweetpotato is a Dicot while the yam is a Monocot.
1563194 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Typical sign of sweetpotato grower in eastern North Carolina.
1563195 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato roots after curing, washing, grading and packing in cardboard cartons ready for shipment to retail markets.  The tern "yam" refers to the moist, orange type sweetpotato.
1563196 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Trellised sweetpotato plants used by plant breeder to develop improved cultivars.~1974  .
1563211 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Sweetpotato plantlet generated from apical mesistem growing in a test tube.  Plants so generated are usually free of viruses. 
1563229 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas
1563232 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Planting sweet potatoes with cut plants in late spring.
1563244 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas planter; ready for planting at fumigation test; Jewel/Beauregard
1563245 sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas Transplanter with cut vines for planting.  Two persons alternate planting one row.  Jun90.

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