Ulmus × hollandica 'Fjerrestad'
| Ulmus × hollandica | |
|---|---|
| Hybrid parentage | U. glabra × U. minor |
| Cultivar | 'Fjerrestad' |
| Origin | Sweden |
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 Meded. Comite. Best. Iepenz. 13: 9, 1933, but without description.[1]
Description
None available.
Cultivation
No details of the clone's commercial cultivation survive. It is worth noting that all the elms in the conservation area [2] at Fjerrestad have succumbed to Dutch elm disease. Probably extinct.
Etymology
The clone is named for the village of Fjärrestad in Skåne between Landskrona and Helsingborg, Sweden.
Hybrid cultivars
'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]