苏州的藕以早、嫩著称，品种主要有花藕与慢行二种，为苏州娄葑乡主栽品种。作者多次在娄葑乡调查总结二品种的植株形态和栽培经验，并挖取花藕和慢荷全株，按比例绘图，以了解莲藕地上、地下部分的相应关系，供藕田管理参考。 一、品种性状 （一）花藕早熟品种，不开花，藕全 Suzhou lotus root to the early, known as tender, the main varieties are spent lotus root and slow two, for Lou Louxiang Suzhou cultivated varieties. The author repeatedly in Louxiang Township survey summed up the two varieties of plant morphology and cultivation experience, and dig lotus root and full-slow strain of the whole plant, according to the proportion of mapping, in order to understand the lotus root aboveground and underground parts of the corresponding relationship for the Outian management reference. First, the variety traits (a) flower lotus varieties, not flowering, lotus root all