I've ordered slips from Sandhill and Duck Creek in the past. This year I grew my own slips from saved potatoes. I cut the potatoes, put them in water and once the sprouts developed, I pulled the sprouts, which I then later planted.
I also ordered tubers of Orleans, a variety from Fedco said to be as good or better than Beauregard. I the planted them, cutting off slips from the vines and later planting them. Seems like these are both methods Worth and some others have used. By the way, we have grown Beauregard, but we can say that Orleans yielded a great crop of sweet potatoes for us.
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