Seed Savers Exchange

Anyone can save seeds from OP plants and many companies, organizations, and home gardeners do just that. Groups like Seed Savers Exchange have specialized in saving OP varieties that may have been passed down by somebody s grandmother, or may have been discontinued by a seed company because another variety was... 

One of the most comprehensive sources of Jerusalem artichoke tubers in North America is maintained and available from the Scatterseed Project, part of the Seed Savers Exchange Members Network (Decorah, IA), run by Will Bonsall, Box 1167, Farmington, ME 04938, U.S. This collection includes an impressive range of landraces, and obsolete and traditional cultivars from around North America (see Section 8.14.2). 

Beaula s — Canadian origin. Collected from wild in Quebec, Canada, by Richard Beaula, pre-1988. Available (accession Ames 8381) from USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources System, NCRPIS, Ames, IA 50011, U.S. Available (listed as Beauln) from Will Bonsall (Scatterseed Project), Box 1167, Farmington, ME 04938, U.S. (The Seed Savers Exchange Members Network, 3076 North Winn Rd., Decorah, IA 52101, U.S.) Kays and Kultur, 2005. 

U.S. (The Seed Savers Exchange Members Network, 3076 North Winn Rd., Decorah, IA 52101, U.S.) Kays and Kultur, 2005 Watson, 1996. 

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