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Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 23:06
| Is the dark orange one a yam and the light greenish tan one a sweet potato? |
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- Posted by Slimy_Okra 2b (My Page) on Sun, Jun 8, 14 at 0:08
| Other way around. Also, yams are short-day plants and grow only in the tropics. |
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| The names are used SO interchangeably that I used to get confused.. A lot of sweet potatoes in my area are sold as yams. I don't even think I've seen a true yam in real life but from what I see from pics, true yams have a slight woody appearance. http://www.kitchendaily.com/read/yam-sweet-potato |
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- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Sun, Jun 8, 14 at 8:55
| Agreed. A yam is an exotic tropical that will only grow in a frost free zone. |
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| Thanks. |
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