Stokes Purple is a patented variety. I suspect that it would be impossible to get as they really want to make it a specialty crop in Stokes county, NC. Other purple varieties are available from http://www.mericlonelabs.com

Robert

Check out the sweetpotatoes at Sandhill.

The variety "Purple" is much more productive than the Stokes Purple. It will make a huge crop in about 120 days.

Okinawa is another purple variety that I grow every year. It is very long season requiring 140 days to make sizable sweetpotatoes. It is arguably the best flavored of the purple varieties, but because of the long growing season required, is unadapted for most of the U.S.A.

There are several others that you might like in various shades of yellow, orange, white, and magenta. I've seen a black variety but it is an ornamental.

DarJones

I second Sandhill Preservation Center. Best selection of sweet potatoes that I know of. I currently grow four varieties, all listed by Sandhill Preservation. Each is unique in flavor and texture.

George
Tahlequah, OK

Gentlemen,

Thank you for the direction! It looks like I may be able to dig purple potatoes in the fall!

Ted