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Automne Rouge Barbu

WHEAT

IL, US

Winter wheat, 48" tall, no lodging. Threshes easily.

Black Hulless

BARLEY

CA, US

Hordeum vulgare nudum. Completely hulless. Plants are 2.5-3 feet tall with onyx black seed heads and awns. Unique appearance.

Hordeum vulgare. Hulless. If you are looking at the listing photos on the Exchange website, note that I misspelled the variety name in the labels. The correct spelling is "Bockreither" with only two 'R's.

Border

OAT

IA, US

Evaluated at Heritage Farm in 2025, description in progress. SSE Accession # 113941

Breisgauer Begrannter Roter Land

WHEAT

Unknown Location

Landrace from the southwestern region of Germany. Awnless, despite translation of "begrannt" as bearded. Upright, 50" tall, with big, heavy heads, very sturdy stems, and no tendency to lodge. Seems to have tolerance for both dry and very wet/humid conditions. Very easy to thresh but does not shatter.

Buckwheat, Madawaska Native

MISC-GRAINS

CA, US

AKA Silverskin buckwheat. Fagopyrum tataricum. Tartarian Buckwheat. More upright than regular buckwheat, white flowers. Used to make "ployes", a buckwheat pancake traditionally made in Maine's Madawaska Valley and surrounding area. 120-150 days. Ploye Recipe from Sandra Corriveau: Ingredients: 1 cup (250 ml) of white flour, 2 cups (500 ml) of buckwheat flour from Madawaska, 2 cups (500 ml) of cold water, 1 tsp. (5 ml) of fine salt. Directions: Mix it all and add 2 cups (500 ml) of boiling water, and 2 tsp. (10 ml) of baking powder. Cook in a hot pan on one side only.

Carolina Gold

RICE

IA, US

Evaluated at Heritage Farm in 2025, description in progress. SSE Accession # 133485

Crimean Winter

WHEAT

CA, US

High in protein, hard winter wheat is superior for bread making. This heirloom winter wheat was collected in 1900 from Ukraine. It does best sown in the fall and harvested the following summer. During the winter months, it remains low growing. As the spring progresses, the seed stems become very tall and sturdy. Easy to thresh and yields heavily, even in poor soil and partial shade.

Emmer, Speltz "Champ"

MISC-GRAINS

MO, US

An ancient grain similar to wheat, which some (but not all) wheat-sensitive people can eat. Has a different head structure. Champ has yielded over 150 bushels in PA; needs to be planted in late fall and it does best, surprisingly, in a hard cold winter! Pound and kilo bags available. $10/pound

Entre Rios

WHEAT

IA, US

Hard red spring wheat. Plants measure 2-3' tall. Seed mature in late June. Non-shattering. Long, slender, fusiform type spikes have 15-17 spikelets. Two red seeds per spikelet. Seeds are intermediate in size and vitreous. Long white/amber awns. About 30-34 kernals per spike. SSE Accession # 128073

Ethiopian Hulless

BARLEY

IA, US

Two-rowed and hulless. Plants reach 19-23" tall and have an erect growth habit. Awned inflorescences nod at seed maturity and thresh to yield tan grains. Very vigorous with a high resistance to lodging in 2023. SSE Accession # 129153

Foxtail

MILLET

IA, US

Beautiful, golden brown tassels produce 2 heads on each plant. Grows to 4' and then droops under the weight of the millet as it continues to grow and produce seed. Thin and long seed heads sometimes reach over 2'. Grown by Susan Ladner for the 2023 Collection Documentation Project. SSE Accession # 113423

Gopal

BARLEY

Canada

Rare purple two row hulless barley from India, loaded with anthocyanins (like blackberries), has delicious fruity scent when moist. A lot of the heads don't mature in my short season area. No lodging though may be susceptible. I found it hard to thresh by hand. For more info see KUSA Society website. Please check with me re availability.

Harry Strom Black Oats

OAT

IA, US

Dark seed. Plants to 2' tall. Susceptible to rust. This variety was brought to the U.S. from Norway by the Strom family in the early 1900s. Harry Strom raised the oats near Meadowlands, Minnesota until his death in 1996. He used the oats in feed for the birds (chickens, quail) that he also raised. Harry thought that his birds preferred the black oats over other types of oats because they would pick the seed out of mixtures with other colors of oats. Seeds were donated to SSE circa 2002 by Ray Frostad of Kimball, MN, a friend of the Strom family. SSE Accession # 113965

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Plant Group

Plant Type

Variety

Modifiers

State/Region

Automne Rouge Barbu

Black Hulless

Black Norway

Bockreither

Border

Breisgauer Begrannter Roter Land

Buckwheat, Madawaska Native

Carolina Gold

Crimean Winter

Emmer, Speltz "Champ"

Entre Rios

Ethiopian Hulless

Foxtail

Gopal

Harry Strom Black Oats