The Siberian elm cultivar ''Ulmus pumila'' 'Ansaloni' was raised by the Ansaloni Nurserie

Bologna, c. 1933, from a tree introduced from the Far East in 1930. Ansaloni Nurseries, Bologna, Italy, ''1935 Catalogue'', p.23, (as Olmo Siberiano Ansaloni).

Description

'Ansaloni' is a quick-growing variety with a compact crown, holding its leaves well into autumn.

Pests and diseases

See under '' Ulmus pumila''.

Cultivation

The tree was sold mostly to winegrowers in the Po valley, Nijboer, R. & Heybroek, H. (eds). (2013). ''Christine Johanna Buisman in Italy''. 35 pages, (private publication) who were still using traditional Roman cultivation methods after the Second World War, but the advent of mechanization in the 1950s brought about the tree's decline, and it had been withdrawn from commerce by the 1970s. One specimen is known to remain in cultivation in North America (see Accessions).

Synonymy

*'Siber-Ansaloni': Ansaloni Nurseries, Bologna, Italy, Catalogue, 1946–47, p. 28.

Accessions

North America

Arnold Arboretum The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is a botanical research institution and free public park, located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1872, it is the oldest public arboretum in N ...

, US. Acc. no. 636-61 (accession date: 2 May 1961) grown from seed in US collected from 'Ansaloni'.

References

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