The hybrid cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Fjerrestad' is one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. The tree was first mentioned in Mededeeling, Comite inzake Bestudeering en Bestrijding van de Iepenziekte 13: 9, 1933, but without description.[1]
| Ulmus × hollandica 'Fjerrestad' | |
|---|---|
| Hybrid parentage | U. glabra × U. minor |
| Cultivar | 'Fjerrestad' |
| Origin | Sweden |
Description edit
None available.
Cultivation edit
No specimens are known to survive.
Etymology edit
The clone is named for the village of Fjärrestad in Skåne between Landskrona and Helsingborg, Sweden.
Hybrid cultivars edit
'Fjerrestad' was crossed with Ulmus × hollandica and U. minor in the Dutch elm breeding programme before World War II, but none of the progeny were of particular note and were discarded.[2]
References edit
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Went, J. A. (1954). The Dutch elm disease - Summary of 15 years' hybridisation and selection work (1937–1952). European Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol 60, 2, March 1954.