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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. 





Island Beach Plum Seeds

Island Beach Plum Seeds

Around 30 years ago, I began exchanging beach plum seeds from individuals who knew of individual pla..

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$160.00

Kelly Renee Apple Scions and Seeds

Kelly Renee Apple Scions and Seeds

  Low to No Spray-Organic Production-Long Period of Ripening, Delicious Flavor, Great Cook..

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$180.00

Kerr Applecrab Seeds

Kerr Applecrab Seeds

Kerr applecrab represents a cross between two very hardy apples done in the early 50's by Morden Res..

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$120.00

Korean Sawtooth Oak Acorns

Korean Sawtooth Oak Acorns

 High Yielding Oak for Acorn Production-Regularly Produces Acorns even in MichiganThis is one o..

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$180.00

Latvian Purple Peach Seeds

Latvian Purple Peach Seeds

   This selection of peach was given to me from a nearby farmer who knew of a family ..

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$120.00

Lavender Life Red Mulberry Seeds

Lavender Life Red Mulberry Seeds

 North American Species-Excellent Flavor with a Nice Balance of Tart and Sweet Many people w..

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$160.00

Luminescence Plum

Luminescence Plum

    Selected Chickasaw seedling plum found within a population grown from seed of ot..

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$220.00

Madeline Blueberry Seeds

Madeline Blueberry Seeds

Dry Soil Type of Wild Blueberry Selected from a High and Dry Location with Heavy Yields of Small Dar..

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$40.00

Masakinokazra-Masaki Vine

Masakinokazra-Masaki Vine

 This perennial species of snake gourd is known as a medicinal plant in China and elsewhere. Th..

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$72.00

Mirabelle Plum Seeds

Mirabelle Plum Seeds

  Mirabelle plum is a wild French plum grown worldwide for its rich complex flavor used in..

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$140.00

Morning Sun Wild Goose Plum

Morning Sun Wild Goose Plum

  'Morning Sun' is from a new class of wild plum selected as a seedling of 'Wild Goose' of..

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$180.00

Nana Beach Plum Seeds

Nana Beach Plum Seeds

  Natural Dwarf - Compact Plant -Incredibly Fruitful This seed comes from a dwarf strain of ..

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$140.00

Neosinte Teosinte Seeds

Neosinte Teosinte Seeds

'Neosinte' represents a forever changing dynamic population of a wild corn relative using seeds prod..

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$120.00

New Yorker Dunbarii Plum Seeds variety Baby Blue

New Yorker Dunbarii Plum Seeds variety Baby Blue

      'New Yorker' Plums-Dense Colony forming Selections of Beach Plum..

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$180.00

Northern American Holly Seeds

Northern American Holly Seeds

  American Holly is a wonderful broad leaf evergreen plant to see in the winter yet it is ..

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$220.00