Burbank Hulless Barley

Bred in 1920 by Luther Burbank, a white six row barley with long blonde awns. “Hulless” refers to how the seed is easily separated from its hull without the need for “pearling,” an abrasive process that is necessary for most barleys prior to culinary use. These are commonly called “naked” barleys, and can be used in soups and stews without the need for milling. The long awns also make this an attractive ornamental addition to wreaths and bouquets. Spring plant for autumn harvest. Plants produce more tillers (stems) if planted 8” apart.
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Rainbow Broomcorn

This is really a sorghum, not corn, so it will not cross pollinate your sweet corn or flour corn. It grows much taller than maize, to 10-15 feet, so it makes a stunning garden feature, a great privacy hedge, and floral potential to last all winter. The “brooms” (panicles) make dramatic bouquet focal points, looking like fireworks with dangling seed jewels at the end of every fiber. They can also make colorful brooms once the seeds are combed free of the heads. The seeds (grain) are gluten-free, and can be ground for flower, sprouted for salads, or cooked as a whole grain in about 20 minutes. Cut stalks at maturity when seeds are hard and the brooms are yellowing. Dry hanging upside down in an airy space out of direct sunlight. Direct seed into warm soil at 8” apart in rows 24” apart. Matures in about 105 days.
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Speckled Romaine Mix Lettuce

Upright leaves are green with fine red speckling, with blanched hearts that are frequently pink. This is a variable F4 family, useful for salad mixes where diversity is an asset. ‘Crisp Mint’ and ‘Red to the Heart’ are the parents in this combination. The breeding goal is a romaine as dependable and delicious as ‘Crisp Mint,’ with a solid pink heart. Farm Original Variety!
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Sweet Baby Cos Lettuce

Short, dense, compact medium green heads that can be spaced 6-8” apart, from a cross of ‘Concept’ and ‘Flashy Butter Oak.’ In bright light these will show slightly tinted leaves at the tips. This is an excellent salad lettuce with a high proportion of bite-sized leaves coming from mature heads, with thick leaves and crunchy midribs. Leaves make delicious “half shells” for serving hand-held salad servings—like hummus with radish on the half shell. Farm Original Variety!
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Buffon d' Glaces Lettuce

A crisphead with ruffled and toothed wrapper leaves with high contrast red-on-green stripes and splashes, making tight, juicy 8” heads at maturity. Internal color is white with pink patterns, sometimes becoming entirely pink, as is found in some chicories. This a first release from a long-term project, not yet quite complete, that began by crossing the heirloom crisphead ‘Reine d’ Glaces’ (“Queen of Ices”) with ‘Jester,’ one of my best flashy crispleaf varieties. When I posted online an early example of what I was looking for from the cross, a sharp witted Canadian suggested the name, which translates “Clown of Ices.” Perfect. Farm Original Variety!
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Endivish Lettuce

Bright green heads, 6-8” in diameter, comprised of tightly curled deeply wavy narrow pointed leaves. These begin as dense rosettes, then turn inward at maturity to make a somewhat blanched heart, resembling endive more than lettuce. This lettuce comes out of the ‘Standing Wave’ (‘Wavy Dory’ x ‘Red Ball Jets’) population we released in 2024, and is still somewhat variable in size. Limited seed. Farm Original Variety!
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Morton's Secret Lettuce Mix 2026 Lettuce

This year’s Secret Mix contains several distinct projects that are colorful and crisped along the margins with large spikey teeth, some nearly frisée in their dissections. These are crisphead and crispleaf types derived from ‘Reine d’ Glaces’ x ‘Jester,’ which has also created romaine types in solid dark reds, greens, and flashy two-tone versions. Other combinations include ‘Tom Thumb’ x ‘Red Ball Jets,’ ‘Little Gem’ x ‘Freedom Mix,’ ‘Red to the Heart’ x ‘Crisp Mint,’ and ‘Wavy Dory,’ x ‘Red Ball Jets.’ This is probably my best Secret Mix ever, and we have more seed than usual… therefore lower prices than ever. // Farm Original Variety!
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Goodie Tomato

This new selection is somewhat intermediate between our ‘Home Stoop’ and ‘Estate,’ more rounded than the first, with a more fasciated fruit than the second. Very productive determinant plants that reach about 36” tall. A short trellis is recommended. Small blossom scar completely avoids cat-facing. Fruits are firm, 4” diameter, with flattened tops and rounded bottoms, making them good as slicers or for salad wedges. My working name for this line has been “Great Taste,” but the release name, ‘Goodie,’ was my mother’s affirmation of a good situation. I still say it. Farm Original Variety!
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Black Eagle Wheat

A very productive 6-row spring durum wheat widely grown for its ornamental long black awns. Plant 6” apart for best stem production, and harvest at early maturity to preserve the darkest awn color. Awns will fade if left standing to a late stage of maturity.
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Utrecht Blue Wheat

The common story is that this is an heirloom wheat grown in the Netherlands prior to or during the early the 20th century, but researchers at the Centre for Genetic Resources in the Netherlands can find no evidence that this or any wheat was grown in the Utrecht area in this timeframe. Nevertheless, this is the most beautiful wheat ever seen, and unequalled as an ornamental grass, with slate blue seeds and long black awns that are stand-alone beautiful. Karen combined it with Burbank’s barley to create a striking blue, black, and blonde wreath. Plants will produce more stems if spaced at least 6” apart.
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Lemon Butter Mix Calendula

A mix of pure yellow calendulas in shades from bright lemon to butter pastel. Derived from ‘Flashback Mix,’ and shares its long stems and sturdy form. Farm Original Variety!
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Electric Lemonade Mix Cosmos

A unique color mix from ‘Apricot Lemonade’ x ‘Rubenza.’ Plants range from 30-48” tall, in shades of yellow-gold, mauve, rose, and burgundy. Blooms from early summer into fall, preferring drier sites (once established) with moderate fertility, and neutral to alkaline soils. Farm Original Variety!
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Polka Pink Helichrysum

Victor selected this one from ‘Monstrosum Mix,’ which is a rich source of unique variations in color and flower form, if you are a close observer and collect seed from every plant twice a week. He noticed years ago that the pink bracts of one plant were finely poka-dotted with darker spots of pigment. This is a release after a few rounds of selection for this trait. Very pretty pink from a distance, very interesting pigment pattern close up. Tall plants like its monstrous cousins. Farm Original Variety!
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Hawaii Marigold

This is a tall beautiful solid orange marigold with doubled blooms that reach 3” across. It is the right kind for Day of the Dead celebrations, as well as Nepali and Hindu celebrations of New Year and Diwali, when they adorn people, places, and statues. These are perfect garland marigolds, representing energy, enthusiasm, and creativity. Karen purchased this variety for her dye garden from Grand Prismatic Seed in Northern Utah, which is operated by our old friends James Young and Guy Banner. Combining their passions for fiber arts and ethnobotany, James and Guy specialize in seed for natural dyeing species and native plants of the Great Basin.
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Tall Dark Sahara Rudbeckia/Black-Eyed Susan

Selected out of ‘Sahara,’ this burgundy rudbeckia has longer stems (to 32”) and more vigorous growth than ‘Cherry Brandy,’ the original red rudbeckia. Petals are doubled to semi-doubled in hues of oxblood or maroon, to cranberry and mulberry. Farm Original Variety!
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Hannah's Grex Sesame

This is a complex population created over the last 10 years by interbreeding white, blue, tan, black, and benne sesame types from sources in a range of climates. After 3 years of intermixing, my friend Hannah Traggis began selecting for tall, branching, vigorous plants without regard for seed color. We enjoyed growing this tropical crop for the first time last year, and loved watching the bumble bees stuffed into the foxglove-like flowers. But tasting the freshly toasted seeds from homegrown sesame—what a revelation! It was like I had never really tasted sesame before. I’m not sure if this was due to the freshness of the product, or the genetic complexity of the mix. Either way, this sesame is a worthy addition to your food and flower gardens. Hannah is a farmer, horticulturist, plant breeder, and organizer at Aurelia’s Gardens and the Freed Seed Federation in Massachusetts.
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Summer Skies Mix Veronica

A mix of sky blue, bicolor, and white flowering plants, reaching about 36” tall, and a favorite of bumble bees. These are remarkably robust, long-lived, and resilient perennials once established. The seed is very fine, but a reliable germinator if kept moist after being pressed into the surface of a seedling flat. Transplant 12” apart in full sun.
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Karen's Fave Color Mix Zinnia

A somewhat serendipitous blend of royal colors in the zinnia patch that caught Karen’s eye one day, prompting a seed collection we are offering here. Royal shades of purple, red, and “rorange,” in doubled and semi-doubled heads, with long strong stems. Farm Original Variety!
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Oscillator Mix Zinnia

Waves of shades of orange, gold, “reorange,” and other pulsing color phases in doubled petal patterns, some with an ultraviolet ring around the central disk. A combination of zinger bright and pastel soft colors with long stems and strong vigor. Derived from Jim Baggett’s amazing mix of zinnia genetics. Farm Original Variety!
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