Ulmus of King & Co

*Ulmus*
Ulmus
	Ulmus 'Paul King'
Cultivar	'Paul King'
Origin	Essex, England

Ulmus 'Paul King' is a cultivar cloned from an old elm surviving in Essex, England, amidst others afflicted by Dutch elm disease.^[1] The tree is claimed to be English Elm,^[2] now sunk as a cultivar, however the tree is more probably another of the many forms of Field Elm U. minor occurring in the east of England. The tree is named for the proprietor of the King Nursery in that county, who discovered and cloned the tree.

Pests and diseases

Specimens grown at the Grange Farm Arboretum died of Dutch Elm Disease in 2015 [2]

Cultivation

The cultivar is only known in the United Kingdom.

References

^ Daily Telegraph, 7 June 2010. New British tree 'resistant to Dutch elm disease'.[1]
^ Milmo, C. (2015). Has a cure been found for Dutch elm disease?. The Independent, 9 March 2015.

[Daily-1] Daily Telegraph, 7 June 2010. New British tree 'resistant to Dutch elm disease'.[1]

[Milmo-2] Milmo, C. (2015). Has a cure been found for Dutch elm disease?. The Independent, 9 March 2015.

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