Ulmus × hollandica 'Fjerrestad'
# Ulmus × hollandica 'Fjerrestad'

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.

## Description

None available.

## Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

## 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.

