“DEAR SWEET POTATO LOVER,

Our family are honored, humbled and really excited to be able to offer what we believe to be the best sweet-potato varieties in the world – especially because they’ve been grown in our fertile black clay soils without any residue traceable. Some of these varieties burst with flavor and pure goodness, making a healthy diet super easy. We as a family would love to be your sweet potato supplier if you would have us.

Yours sincerely,
The Langplaas family”

BELLEVUE

Bellevue is a beauty! This super smooth copper skinned variety is a best seller with its superior storage qualities and shelf life. A variety that we believe compares well with Covington, but is better in terms of flavour, skin colour, shelf life and smooth texture. A great all-rounder, Bellevue is good for roasting, fries and soups. Though not as sweet as Evangeline or Orleans, it normally rates higher in blind tasting panels compared to them. Bellevue has a very moist flesh, this moistness is what makes it an ideal variety for use in cakes, biscuits and desserts. A healthy alternative, Bellevue can be used to replace the fat content in a recipe as well as making an excellent substitute for eggs in recipes to make them vegan. Of all our varieties, Bellevue contains the highest levels of calcium, doubling that of Beauregard. It also contains 50% more vitamin A (Beta-carotene) when compared to Beauregard. All these qualities combine to make Bellevue one of the showiest roots on the market!

SKIN COLOUR

Cooper Skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Bright Orange Flesh.

BLESBOK

A strong local variety, Blesbok has rose-purple skin colour with bright white flesh. Fast growing with bright green leaves and thick strong vines, this variety has an average shelf life making export a bit more of a risk. At Langplaas we are currently active in developing a variety which has similar or better culinary qualities in order to make it available for our EU and UK clientele. Blesbok has a semi-moist texture and a medium-sweet taste with a hint of nutty flavour. This makes for wonderful mash, casseroles, fries and the best sweet potato butternut soup! It can also be mashed and baked into a soft, moist, tender, and richly spiced sweet potato bread.

SKIN COLOUR

Rose-purple skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Bright white flesh.

SAKURA

This Purple sweet potato is becoming known as the superfood of super-foods. At Langplaas we are continually doing trials selecting the most promising purple-flesh varieties in light of their shades of purple, textures and flavour from many years of breeding at Louisiana State University. Sakura is our lilac purple selection with superior skin, shape, texture when baked and a surprisingly sweet flavour. When you’ve had Sakura from our farm, you will not eat Stokes Purple again. Its lovely colour makes Sakura a great supplement to many meals,
adding a splash of unique colour to brighten up a dish. Best cooked at a high temperature, Sakura can also be grated or thinly sliced to make distinctive, vibrant salads. An excellent shelf-life, medium-sweet taste and lovely colour all make Sakura a wonderful variety worth trying out.

SKIN COLOUR

Purple skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Light purple flesh..

PURPLE NIGHT

Once you slice into a Purple Night sweet potato you’re greeted by a rich and vibrant purple flesh rarely seen in nature. Like Avalanche and Bonita, these sweet potatoes are denser than orange varieties. Adding Purple Night to a recipe is a fun way to add a burst of colour and their unique taste makes for some delicious meals. Roasting at higher temperatures truly brings out their flavour as they become caramelised. When pureed, they make for intensely coloured dips and, as with Sakura, can also be grated or thinly sliced to make distinctive, vibrant salads. With a good shelf-life, a unique flavour and distinctive deep purple skin colour, Purple Night stands out as an exciting variety!

SKIN COLOUR

Deep Purple skin

FLESH COLOUR

Rich, vibrant purple flesh.

BONITA

Bonita is a real culinary delight. It was developed for the growing appetite for white flesh sweet potatoes. It has a very smooth texture (almost melting like butter in your mouth), 28% dry matter content and something unique – a delicate nutty flavour. Bonita has a pink blushed creamy colour skin and white coloured flesh tinged with a hint of yellow.
With its smooth flesh and slightly denser texture, this variety makes an excellent, more nutritious substitute for traditional potatoes in many dishes. It holds its form well when roasted and baked as fries while also making a lovely addition to soups and stews with its unique flavour.

SKIN COLOUR

Light tan skin with a pink cast at
harvest; fades in storage.

FLESH COLOUR

White with a tinge of yellow.

EVANGELINE 

Evangeline is a premium sweet potato variety with light rose skin and an intense deep orange flesh. What makes this variety so special, however, is its remarkable taste. Evangeline is the favourite of many sweet potato lovers because of its unique sweet flavour. It has a deep orange flesh and a beta carotene content that is 40% greater than the standard variety Beauregard. This sweet potato is great in a variety of dishes including casseroles, soups and mash. It also makes delicious sweet potato fries when sliced thinly and baked in olive oil and seasoned with salt. It is bit picky on soil types which makes it a challenge to grow. As we find the “sweet spot” for it’s ideal growing conditions we will have limited volumes to offer in a season.

SKIN COLOUR

Light rose skin; fades in storage;
slightly more red than Beauregard
at harvest.

FLESH COLOUR

Intense deep orange flesh.

AVALANCHE

Another white flesh sweet potato, Avalanche is an exciting trial variety. It has creamy white skin with a bright white flesh and lovely uniform, smooth round shapes. These sweet potatoes are dense, firm, and creamy with a nutty almost caramel flavour. They are less prone to becoming waterlogged than orange sweet potatoes with a firm and dense texture, making them ideal for roasting in chunks, turning into fries, or mashing as a side dish.

SKIN COLOUR

Creamy white skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Bright white flesh.

AFRICA SUN

With smooth rose purple skin and uniform round shapes, African Sun is an exciting variety under development. Its flesh is light orange in colour with a dense, smooth texture.
These sweet potatoes have a subtle, bright flavour that takes well to being baked and made into fries. African Sun also makes an excellent addition when roasted with other vegetables and provides a lovely
splash of colour when added to soups and stews.

SKIN COLOUR

Rose-purple skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Light orange flesh.

VERMILION

You can easily recognise a Vermilion sweet potato thanks to its vibrant combination of deep reddish-purple skin and intense orange flesh. This trial variety stores relatively well and has an even skin with prominent lenticels. Although Vermilion may be said to have a subtler flavour than some other varieties, it is the favourite of many sweet potato lovers. These sweet potatoes are very moist which makes them fantastic for baking projects. They’re also an ideal sweet potato for pie, mashed sweet potato casserole, and nice and simple mashed sweet potatoes. As well as being flavourful, they retain their lovely orange hue even after baking.

SKIN COLOUR

Deep reddish-purple skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Intense bright orange flesh.

FUCHSIA

This variety has a white-orange skin with deep orange flesh, but Fuchsia gets its name from the distinctive delicate pink hue visible at its tips. It has very uniform fat round shapes with smooth skin. Very sweet in flavour, Fuchsia has a dense, drier creamy texture unusual for an orange flesh variety. A good all-rounder, it makes excellent fries, soups, dips and mash. Its flavour is particularly well suited to sweet and sour dishes. Fuchsia is an excellent local variety; however, a poor shelf-life
causes this variety to be unsuitable for export.

SKIN COLOUR

White-orange skin.

FLESH COLOUR

Deep orange flesh.

AVAILABILITY

If you would like to have us as your Sweet Potato Supplier for all your sweet potatoes or any of our other product ranges, please contact us and we will be happy to serve you. We also supply Carrots, Beetroot, Butternut and more!

CONTACT Us

LANGPLAAS BOERDERY
CNR R566 & R512
BRITS, 0250
SOUTH AFRICA

GERT@LANGPLAAS.CO.ZA
EVERT@LANGPLAAS.CO.ZA

012 252 3653

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