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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.

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 often offered with the seeds include 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.  Above image: Briana Apricots fruit and nuts from 2022.





American Hybrid Chestnut Nuts and Scions

American Hybrid Chestnut Nuts and Scions

             Currently unavailable Vigorous Seedling and Clo..

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$0.00

American Persimmon-Pipher Seeds

American Persimmon-Pipher Seeds

  currently unavailable Pipher- High fruit production-Hardy Central Illinois Strain Thi..

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$0.00

Angelica-tree Seeds

Angelica-tree Seeds

   Harvest the Young Shoots-Blanched and Pan Fried This Delicacy is Well Known in Chi..

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$180.00

Apple Serviceberry Seeds

Apple Serviceberry Seeds

currently unavailable Delicious blue fruit- Large tree species Grows as a single trunk tree. Flow..

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$0.00

Arnold Buckeye Seeds

Arnold Buckeye Seeds

 Arnold buckeye represents a natural seedling hybrid of yellow and red buckeye found in the Arn..

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$180.00

Ashworth Bur Oak Acorns

Ashworth Bur Oak Acorns

     currently unavailable Very Hardy Northern Seed Strain-Low Tannin Acorn with..

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$0.00

Bartram Oak Acorns

Bartram Oak Acorns

Bartram oak represents naturally occurring hybrid swarms between red oak and willow oak found mostly..

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$180.00

Beadles Oak Acorns

Beadles Oak Acorns

currently unavailable Beadles oak represents the southern range of swamp chestnut oak and white oak ..

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$180.00

Bimundors Oak Acorns + Scions

Bimundors Oak Acorns + Scions

     currently unavailable One of the great benefits of producing trees is to find un..

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$320.00

Black Raspberry Seeds

Black Raspberry Seeds

  currently unavailable Prolific Fruiting-Great for Jelly or Fresh Eating This species ..

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$80.00

Blue Profusion Juneberry Seeds and Scions

Blue Profusion Juneberry Seeds and Scions

      Large Crops of Delicious Juneberries Selected from a batch of..

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$220.00

Blue Ribbon White Oak Acorns-Scions

Blue Ribbon White Oak Acorns-Scions

currently unavailable "Blue Ribbon" was a discovery by Kansas tree farmer David Pabst who was in the..

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$0.00

Blue Universe Serviceberry Seeds

Blue Universe Serviceberry Seeds

currently unavailable 'Blue Universe' represents an improved fruiting type of Michigan serviceberry ..

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$180.00

Breathe Wild Mint Seeds

Breathe Wild Mint Seeds

currently unavailable Strong Flavor-Vigorous Growth-Able to Tolerate Dry Conditions My reselected..

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$120.00

Buartblack Walnut Nuts

Buartblack Walnut Nuts

sold out Hybrid cross between black walnut and buartnut. This strain came originally from one of the..

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$280.00