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Foundation Seed Stock-Ecos


Since first starting my nursery in 1979 I discovered, rediscovered, planted and created from scratch many useful food plants and timber trees for agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Instead of cultivars or varieties I focused first on the population rather than the individual. The result of that experimentation lead me to develop populations of many woody plants that are genetically diverse  that can be grown 'true' from seed in a wide variety of environmental conditions. This was the beginning of my foundation seed stock to draw from and now yours to grow from seed as well. 

This foundation stock represents some of the most healthful and versatile  woody perennials and perennial vegetables. The focus was to find plants that require minimal care yet provide a high level of nutrition as well as unique flavors not found in cultivated plants. Each plant that I harvest seeds from is selected for its high yields, disease resistance as well as its ease of use as it finds its way to its culinary end.  The plants grown from my this seed can provide both a living population to breed cultivars from or to use as is and reproduced ad infinitum from seed  as a population or a land race. Reproduction by seed allows the population to adapt over time due to climate changes or disease pressures. This makes cultivar development or even to use as a single 'strain' or land race a field of possibilities that can never become genetically stagnate.  This is the ECOS Oikos Tree Crops Foundation Seed Stock.

Cultivars are sometimes offered with the seeds including scions, cuttings, budwood and roots or tubers. This will allow you to continue the varietal selection that I created here at my farm as well as make it available to others either as a nursery or use in a farming situation. From seed, these selections represent a unique slice of a species available to use as is in seedling plantings without the guess work of where did my seed come from. 

Seeds are shipped immediately along with the scions or cuttings during the dormant season. It varies from year to year on what crops are available.  No international seed shipping including Canada is allowed. No pick up direct from the farm or phone orders. No small packet sizes are available. 





Sugary Fortune Wild Goose Plum

Sugary Fortune Wild Goose Plum

Sweet and Lucious Goodness-Fresh Eating with No Insect or Disease Issues"Sugary Fortune" represents ..

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$240.00

Sunshine Yellow Black Raspberry Seeds and Cuttings

Sunshine Yellow Black Raspberry Seeds and Cuttings

Currently unavailable:This rare raspberry is found with the wild black raspberry where it is identic..

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$180.00

Sweet Blue  Juneberry Seeds + Scions

Sweet Blue Juneberry Seeds + Scions

Reliable - Large clean sweet fruited selection of Allegheny serviceberry from northern Michigan.&nbs..

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$180.00

Sweet It Is Bebbs Oak Acorns-Scions

Sweet It Is Bebbs Oak Acorns-Scions

currently unavailable Low tannin acorn selection-high yields on a bur oak type of tree. From a 2n..

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$0.00

Sweet Juice Black Mulberry Seeds and Scions

Sweet Juice Black Mulberry Seeds and Scions

   sold out Hardy and Vigorous Selection with Delicious Fruit-Not too Sweet and Not too Wa..

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$220.00

Sweetaa Wild Black Cherry Seeds and Scions

Sweetaa Wild Black Cherry Seeds and Scions

          currently unavailable The wild black cherry has an amaz..

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$320.00

Thimbleberry Seeds-California

Thimbleberry Seeds-California

currently unavailable This California seed selection found in the Sierra mountains combines both the..

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$80.00

Timber Form Buartblack Walnut Nuts

Timber Form Buartblack Walnut Nuts

Sold OutThis incredibly rare form of a natural hybrid of black, butternut and Japanese walnut was fo..

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$220.00

Timber Pear Seeds

Timber Pear Seeds

Currently unavailable: Selected Hybrid Pear Varieties and Seedlings known for their strong upright s..

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$0.00

Trazel Tree Hazel Seeds

Trazel Tree Hazel Seeds

 Sold out     Trazels go back to the early days of nut growing using the seed st..

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$180.00

Tree Serviceberry Seeds

Tree Serviceberry Seeds

 currently unavailable Fast Growing Selection-Tree Like Growth-Reddish Purple Great Tasting Ber..

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$0.00

Tsamma Watermelon Seeds

Tsamma Watermelon Seeds

  currently unavailable Wild Watermelon - Prior to Modern Cultivation The Wild Watermelon ..

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$120.00

Very Wild Asparagus Seeds

Very Wild Asparagus Seeds

    currently unavailable The "Very Wild" form of asparagus was selected in..

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$80.00

Vigoro Dunkeld Larch-Hybrid Larch Seeds

Vigoro Dunkeld Larch-Hybrid Larch Seeds

currently unavailable -collection involves tree climbers to harvest. One of the oldest and most well..

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$220.00

Virginia Mountainmint Seeds

Virginia Mountainmint Seeds

currently unavailable Blend of Licorice and Peppermint From the standpoint of butterflies and bee..

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$60.00