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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Page 113 white, with a clear distinction between skin and interior. They lack noticeable fibrous material. Horticultural Varieties. There is enormous variation in this crop: a single market may display six distinct types, and a market nearby may have six entirely different ones. Based on tuber appearance, some 50–70 distinct clones exist. 14 Some have been transported throughout the length of the Andes. Environmental RequirementsDaylength. Daylengths of 10–13.5 hours are needed for tuber production in the varieties most commonly grown in the central Andes. However, some ulluco is grown in northern Argentina at 27°S latitude, and it seems likely that daylength-neutral types can be found in such places. 15 Rainfall. Moisture requirements are unknown, but probably are in the range of 800–1,400 mm during the growing season in the Andes. Altitude. Ulluco is an important mid- to high-altitude crop from Venezuela to Chile. 16 However, it has also been grown at sea level in Canada, England, and Finland. Low Temperature. The plant grows well in cool, moist conditions and is frost resistant. High Temperature. Although they thrive under high light intensities, ulluco plants produce tubers poorly in hot climates. Soil Type. This crop tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. Not unexpectedly, however, it does best in a fertile, well-drained loam with a pH between 5.5 and 6.5.
14 Information from C. Sperling.
15 This considerable variation may be an indication of ulluco's inherent diversity.
16 The uppermost elevation varies with latitude and location. Ecuadorian production is concentrated at elevations between 3,000 and 3,500 m; the highest report is of cropping at 3,700 m. In the Sierra Central of Peru, there are mixed crops of ulluco, oca, and bitter and nonbitter potatoes at about 4,000 m.
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