Fedco Seeds
OSSI: Open Source Seed

Fedco Seeds: OSSI: Open Source Seed

These varieties are OSSI-pledged. The Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) is an effort by a consortium of seedsfolks, farmer-breeders, academics and others to keep as many seed varieties as possible in the public domain, unfettered by privatizing restrictions. You have the freedom to use these OSSI-pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, you pledge not to restrict others’ use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this Pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives. Learn more about OSSI.

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Mizspoona Salad Selects Gene Pool -

Mustard - Asian Greens Seeds

Brassica rapa (40 days) Open pollinated. Medium-dark green variably shaped leaves. Zingy. Excellent for salads or braised.

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Pink Lettucy Mustard Gene Pool -

Asian Greens Seeds

Brassica rapa
(40 days) Open pollinated.

Frank Morton selected well-mixed breeding pools for disease resistance and particularly for pink and

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Brown Resilient -

Shell and Dry Bush Bean Seeds

Phaseolus vulgaris (100 days) Open pollinated. Productive brown dry bean with rich meaty flavor that can stand alone in dishes.

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Fast Lady Northern Southern Pea

Shell and Dry Bush Bean Seeds

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Vigna unguiculata (65 days shell, 90 days dry) Open pollinated. Cowpeas for the North! Small white bean matures quickly. Easy-to-pick yellow pods. Beautiful yellow flowers on bushy semi-erect plants.

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White Candle Gaucho -

Shell and Dry Bush Bean Seeds

Phaseolus vulgaris (88 days) Open pollinated. White bush bean with good yields and mild flavor. Pale sibling of golden Gaucho.

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Solstice -

Broccoli Seeds

Brassica oleracea (botrytis group)
(71 days) Open pollinated.

Mild sweet heads, at 4–5" across, are intermediate between non-heading Piracicaba’s

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Flashback -

Calendula Seeds

currently on backorder

Calendula officinalis (55 days) Open pollinated. Mix of orange, apricot and peachy doubled petals, all with red backing.

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Solar Flashback -

Calendula Seeds

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Calendula officinalis (55 days) Open pollinated. Yellow, pinkish-blond, some with light tips, all with contrasting red backs.

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Zeolights -

Calendula Seeds

Calendula officinalis Open pollinated. Pinky-maroon and yellow with dark centers.

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Redventure -

Celery Seeds

Apium graveolens (84 days) Open pollinated. Delicious chewy stalks with interior red color. Lively flavor for soups, salads, casseroles.

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OSSI Collection

Seeds

Support the seed commons! 8 packets of OSSI-pledged varieties that includes lettuces, greens, leeks/onions, watermelon, calendula and more.

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Cascade Ruby-Gold Flint Corn -

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Zea mays (85 days) Open pollinated. Early and productive true flint corn superb for cornbread, johnny cakes and polenta. 8–12" ears with 8–12 rows.

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Magic Manna -

Flour Corn Seeds

Zea mays (85 days) Open pollinated. This superior flour corn boasts hardiness, earliness and vigor. Ears are solid-colored and can be sorted for use based on kernel color: Pancake White, Parching Red, Parching Starburst and Brown Gravy.

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Dakota Black -

Popcorn Seeds

Zea mays (100 days) Open pollinated. Compact plant with one ear each. 4.5" dark maroon-black ears with 15 rows. 4' stalks.

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Endeavor Gene Pool -

Endive - Greens Seeds

Cichorium endivia
(45 days) Open pollinated.

Developed by Wild Garden Seed out of their Chicendive project, originally a cross of chicory and

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Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress -

Specialty Greens Seeds

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Lepidium sativum (30 days) Open pollinated. Broad leaves are extremely ruffled, wrinkled and savoyed. Spicy, tangy and sweet. Good in salad mix and bunched for market.

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Rainbow Lacinato -

Curly Kale Seeds

Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (61 days) Open pollinated. Lacinato crossed with Redbor. Curly edges, red veins, purple or blue-green leaves, diverse shapes and colors. Productive and cold-hardy.

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Dazzling Blue -

Dinosaur Kale Seeds

Brassica oleracea (acephala group) (60 days) Open pollinated. Vigorous upright lacinato-leaved kale in a range of bluish-green shades, all with a dramatic pink mid-rib.

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White Russian -

Siberian Kale Seeds

Brassica napus (pabularia group) (60 days) Open pollinated. Serrated silvery-green flat-leaf Siberian-type kale with white veining. Sweetens after frost. Extremely cold hardy.

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King Sieg -

Autumn Leek Seeds

Allium ampeloprasum (porrum group) (84 days) Open pollinated. 6" tall, 3" thick shanks. Blue-green leaves. Very cold tolerant. A good candidate for overwintering.

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Freedom Lettuce Gene Pool -

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Lactuca sativa Open pollinated. At least 10-12 different forms of disease-resistant great-tasting lettuces. And all open-source seed.

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Cardinale -

Batavian Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open pollinated. Hefty wine-red Batavian forms open rosette that folds together like a romaine at maturity. Shiny red leaves, green in the center, good for baby leaves.

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Really Red Deer Tongue -

Deer Tongue Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open pollinated. Deep red pointed deer-tongue leaves and contrasting white-green stems. Withstands some heat.

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Gildenstern -

Iceberg or Crisphead Lettuce Seeds

currently on backorder

Lactuca sativa (46 days) Open pollinated. Folded and blistered light green leaves wrap into a tight crisp whorled 4" head that easily makes a single-serving salad.

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Lollo di Vino -

Lollo Rosso Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (56 days) Open pollinated. Beautiful compact Lollo-type has extremely dark purple-red leaves with ruffles and curls. Very mild flavor for type. Stays non-bitter longer.

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Hyper Red Rumple Waved -

Looseleaf Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (50 days) Open pollinated. Very deep red savoyed leaves with extreme ruffling. Good flavor and texture. Fair heat resistance and good cold tolerance.

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Antares -

Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (48 days) Open pollinated. Very large vigorous oakleaf lettuce with extra-frilled bright pink and bronze leaves. Withstands some heat. Start in early spring for an amazing show.

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Camo Oakheart Gene Pool -

Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (55 days) Open pollinated. Dense oakheart heads range from mini to full to elf-eared. Variations in this gene pool range from deepest solid red to the heart, red spotting, speckling and blushing, to spotless green.

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Elf Ears Oak -

Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (50 days) Open pollinated. Bright green leaf with deeply cut lobes, crowned in extra-extended narrow tips. Compact form, easy salad cutting or clean full-head presentation.

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Flashy Green Butter Oak -

Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (54 days) Open pollinated. Beautiful troutback/oakleaf cross, with rich lime-green oakleaves showing dark speckles. Excellent flavor and texture.

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Merlox Red Oak -

Oakleaf Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa
(53 days) Open pollinated.

Frank Morton’s first release of his “Merlox variations” combines the ultra-dark pigmentation of Merlot

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Better Devil -

Romaine Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa
(60 days) Open pollinated.

A really superior romaine lettuce from breeder Frank Morton. When it romaines, it sends up gorgeous

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Blushed Butter Cos -

Romaine Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (49 days) Open pollinated. Unique Butterhead/Romaine combination with ruffled savoyed leaves dappled red and green. Very crisp and buttery.

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Jadeite -

Romaine Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa
(50 days) Open pollinated.

True to name, mini-romaine Jadeite’s matte apple-green rounded leaf and graceful small vase form looks

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Mayan Jaguar -

Romaine Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa (51 days) Open pollinated. Best of the speckled types. Dark green ruffled leaves mottled with maroon-red spots. Sweet juicy veins, blushed pink heart. Poor heat tolerance.

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Zeb

Romaine Lettuce Seeds

Lactuca sativa
(65 days) Open pollinated.

One manifestation of climate change in New England seems to be hot dry springs and early summers, making

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Dakota Tears -

Yellow Storage Onion Seeds

Allium cepa
(112 days) Open pollinated.

Dave Podoll’s breeding breakthrough, Dakota Tears was more than 20 years in the making. Though you might

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Jaluv An Attitude -

Hot Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (75 days) Open pollinated. Thicker-skinned jalapeño-like fruits. Delicious hot fruity flavor; 2,500-8,000 Scovilles. Adapted to northern latitudes.

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Matchbox -

Hot Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (75 days) Open pollinated. Pale green to deep scarlet 2" long, 1/3" wide. Hot! 30,000-50,000 Scovilles. Prolific.

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Beaujolais -

Spinach Seeds

Spinacia oleracea (30 days) Open pollinated. Prized as a baby green for its striking magenta-red stems and veins in deep green arrowhead leaves. For the cooler ends of the season only.

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Goldini II -

Golden Zucchini - Summer Squash Seeds

Cucurbita pepo (55 days) Open pollinated. Fast-maturing shiny ridged gold zucchini. Large fruits hit perfection at 1 lb, and are good for slicing and drying.

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Be My Baby -

Cherry Tomato Seeds

Solanum lycopersicum (65 days) Open pollinated. This productive cherry is the result of a cross between a beefsteak and two cherries, one orange and one red. Rich sweet flavor, regular tomato foliage.

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Honeydrop -

Cherry Tomato Seeds

Solanum lycopersicum (62 days) Open pollinated. Light orange sweet juicy treats, much less prone to cracking in wet weather than Sungold.

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Pink Princess Gene Pool -

Cherry Tomato Seeds

Solanum lycopersicum (62 days) Open pollinated. We have never tasted a pink cherry tomato as deliciously sweet! 12.7g fruits are large and early.

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Blacktail Mountain -

Red and Pink Flesh Watermelon Seeds

Citrullus lanatus (71 days) Open pollinated. Modern classic. Crunchy orange-red flesh. Dark green to nearly black round 4-15 lb fruit. Extra early and hardy.

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Sweet Dakota Rose -

Red and Pink Flesh Watermelon Seeds

Citrullus lanatus (82 days) Open pollinated. Modern classic. Red flesh with few seeds. Round-to-oval 8-12 lb fruit with dark green stripes on light green base.

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Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert -

Buttercup - Winter Squash Seeds

Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Open pollinated. Slightly smaller than the standard Burgess, with a lighter green rind. Very high-quality fruits.

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Candystick Dessert Delicata -

Winter Squash Seeds

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Cucurbita pepo
(115 days)

A spectacular variety from independent plant breeders Carol Deppe and Nate France! Compared to other delicatas,

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Zeppelin Delicata -

Winter Squash Seeds

Cucurbita pepo (100 days) Open pollinated. High-quality strain. 1 lb fruit has ivory skin with dark green stripes. Turns orange and yellow in storage.

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Turtle Moon Blue Kuri -

Kabocha - Winter Squash Seeds

Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Open pollinated. 4–6 lb subtly ribbed, slightly flattened 6x5" fruits ripen to buff chestnut-brown with a blue sheen. Flesh is moist but not watery. Great keeper.