What is "sweet potatoes"

Usage examples of "sweet potatoes".

But this day I had sign of something, so I set down my hoe and come in from the sweet potatoes, telling my two older fellers to keep at it.

Then it was the cold house and it was out there, separated from the main part of 124, curled on top of two croaker sacks full of sweet potatoes, staring at the sides of a lard can, that he realized the moving was involuntary.

Wiwor responded by reminding Achmad that he should buy lots of rice, because there would be no food to buy in New Guinea mountain villages except sweet potatoes, which would upset Achmad's stomach—.

He was the most famous wood carver of the Solomons, an artist of great originalitybut that did not free him of the necessity to grow his own sweet potatoes.

He was the most famous wood carver of the Solomons, an artist of great originality--but that did not free him of the necessity to grow his own sweet potatoes.

I've managed to find a sweet-potato vine and I give him the two sweet potatoes I've dug up, shake his hand and wish him luck.

She banged into the kitchen and came back with a plate heaped with ham, candied sweet potatoes, collard greens, pickled beets, and a square of corn bread.

She took up a hoe instead, and began to put every square inch of her sandy two-acre rented lot under cultivation: peanuts, sweet potatoes, and four dozen kinds of flowers.