Yam
| Yam | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crop |
| Season | Fall |
| Seed | Yam Seeds |
| Growth Time | 10 days |
| Sell Price | 160g |
The Yam is a dependable Fall root vegetable that sits in the middle of the season's crops. It sells for a fair price, needs only a modest wait, and is part of the Fall Crops Bundle. Yams go into Glazed Yams and Autumn's Bounty, and Lewis loves both of those dishes. Linus loves the Yam itself, which makes it one of the few raw crops that work as a loved gift. Pairing a field of yams with pumpkins covers both the Fall Crops Bundle and the Autumn's Bounty recipe.
The in-game description reads: A starchy tuber with a lot of culinary versatility.
Growing
Pierre's General Store sells Yam Seeds in Fall, and JojaMart sells them for a little more. The plant does not regrow, and each harvest needs a new seed. A seed planted on Fall 1 is ready on Fall 11, and a second seed planted that day is ready on Fall 21. That is two full harvests per tile without growth boosts.
Speed-Gro can turn that into three. Taking a day off the growing time lets a Fall 1 seed ripen on the 10th. The next is ready on the 19th, and a third on the 28th, the last day of Fall. That makes Speed-Gro especially worth using on a yam field.
Quality Fertiliser raises the share of silver and gold yams, which helps with raw sales and with gold-quality crops kept for bundles.
Prices
Silver, gold and iridium yams sell for a quarter, a half and double the base price more. The Tiller profession adds 10% to every raw sale.
As a vegetable, the Yam goes into a Keg as Yam Juice or into a Preserves Jar as pickles. The two are worth almost the same, with the pickles slightly ahead, and the jar finishes much sooner. That makes the Preserves Jar the better machine for yams. The Artisan profession adds 40% to both. Machines ignore the quality of the input, so normal yams are the ones to process.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Tiller (+10%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 160g | 176g |
 Silver
|
200g | 220g |
 Gold
|
240g | 264g |
 Iridium
|
320g | 352g |
Uses
The Fall Crops Bundle in the Pantry asks for one Yam, together with Corn, an Eggplant and a Pumpkin. The reward is a Bee House.
Cooking one Yam with one Sugar makes Glazed Yams. The Queen of Sauce teaches the recipe on television in the first Fall. A Mill turns Beets into Sugar, so a Fall farm with both crops can make the dish for very little.
Cooking one Yam with one Pumpkin makes Autumn's Bounty, which gives Foraging and Defence buffs. Demetrius sends the recipe by mail once he is a close friend.
Lewis loves both Glazed Yams and Autumn's Bounty. Either dish is a strong gift for the mayor, and both are made from cheap Fall crops.
At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, the Yam counts as an orange dye.
Cooking
Cooking Yam with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn's Bounty | 
|
Yam (1), Pumpkin (1) |
| Glazed Yams | 
|
Yam (1), Sugar (1) |
Bundles
The Community Center asks for Yam in these bundles.
| Bundle | Room | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Crops Bundle | Pantry | 1 |
Gifts
Linus loves the Yam. He lives alone in his tent on the mountain, and a raw Yam is one of the simplest loved gifts to give him. Most other villagers like the Yam, as they like most vegetables. Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it.
These villagers love receiving Yam as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Linus | 
|
The Traveling Cart sometimes sells yams, always at well above their value.
All Crops
Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.
| Crop | Image | Season | Growth | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Jazz | 
|
Spring | 7 days | 50g |
| Carrot | 
|
Spring | 3 days | 35g |
| Cauliflower | 
|
Spring | 12 days | 175g |
| Garlic | 
|
Spring | 4 days | 60g |
| Green Bean | 
|
Spring | 10 days | 40g |
| Kale | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 110g |
| Parsnip | 
|
Spring | 4 days | 35g |
| Potato | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 80g |
| Rhubarb | 
|
Spring | 13 days | 220g |
| Strawberry | 
|
Spring | 8 days | 120g |
| Tulip | 
|
Spring | 6 days | 30g |
| Unmilled Rice | 
|
Spring | - | - |
| Ancient Fruit | 
|
Spring, Summer, Fall | 28 days | 550g |
| Tea Leaves | 
|
Spring, Summer, Fall | 20 days | - |
| Blueberry | 
|
Summer | 13 days | 50g |
| Hops | 
|
Summer | 11 days | 25g |
| Hot Pepper | 
|
Summer | 5 days | 40g |
| Melon | 
|
Summer | 12 days | 250g |
| Poppy | 
|
Summer | 7 days | 140g |
| Radish | 
|
Summer | 6 days | 90g |
| Red Cabbage | 
|
Summer | 9 days | 260g |
| Starfruit | 
|
Summer | 13 days | 750g |
| Summer Spangle | 
|
Summer | 8 days | 90g |
| Summer Squash | 
|
Summer | 6 days | - |
| Tomato | 
|
Summer | 11 days | 60g |
| Corn | 
|
Summer, Fall | 14 days | 50g |
| Sunflower | 
|
Summer, Fall | 8 days | 80g |
| Wheat | 
|
Summer, Fall | 4 days | 25g |
| Amaranth | 
|
Fall | 7 days | 150g |
| Artichoke | 
|
Fall | 8 days | 160g |
| Beet | 
|
Fall | 6 days | 100g |
| Bok Choy | 
|
Fall | 4 days | 80g |
| Cranberries | 
|
Fall | 7 days | - |
| Eggplant | 
|
Fall | 5 days | 60g |
| Fairy Rose | 
|
Fall | 12 days | - |
| Pumpkin | 
|
Fall | 13 days | 320g |
| Sweet Gem Berry | 
|
Fall | 24 days | - |
| Yam | 
|
Fall | 10 days | 160g |
| Powdermelon | 
|
Winter | - | 60g |
| Broccoli | 
|
- | - | - |
| Cactus Fruit | 
|
- | - | 75g |
| Grape | 
|
- | - | 80g |
| Pineapple | 
|
- | - | - |
| Qi Fruit | 
|
- | - | - |
| Taro Root | 
|
- | 10 days | 100g |