Purple Majesty Sweet Potato Slips (Copy) 100
Purple Majesty Sweet Potato Slips (Copy) 100
PURPLE MAJESTY (NCPUR13-0315) produces purple-fleshed, smooth skinned, storage roots
that are generally elliptical and blocky. The skin color is dark purple. The leaves of Purple
Majesty are alternate and simple in structure, and cordate to lobed in shape with 1-3 teeth to slight
lobing and 0-3 lobes. The leaves have a smooth texture and matte finish. The shape of the central
lobe is triangular. Stem tip anthocyanin coloration is absent and stem tip pubescence is absent. It
produces uniformly shaped roots with a high percentage of number 1 grade sized roots. Purple
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Majesty averaged 189% of the total marketable yield (TMY) of ‘Stokes Purple’ and 114% the
TMY of ‘Covington’. Purple Majesty is moderately resistant to Fusarium wilt, susceptible to
Streptomyces soil rot and to southern root knot nematode,Meloidogyne incognita.
You must be updated on membership to order. Membership is $20 per individual and $30 per family.
Order Deadline is March 10.
Sweet Potatoes ship around the first week of June.
