The
Siberian elm cultivar ''Ulmus pumila'' 'Dropmore
was grown from seed collected in
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...
, Manchuria, China, by
F. L. Skinner, of Dropmore,
Manitoba.
Green reported (1964) a suggestion to merge the Siberian elm cultivars
'Harbin' and
'Manchu' with 'Dropmore', as all came from the Harbin area. In the event, 'Dropmore' appears to have superseded these earlier cultivars.
The cultivar
'Chinkota' was raised in
North Dakota from 'Dropmore' seed.
[Collins, P. E. (1955). Chinkota Elm. ''South Dakota Farm and Home Research''. 7 (1), 14–16, 27. South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA.]
Description
'Dropmore' is a fast-growing bushy form producing small leaves.
Pests and diseases
See under ''
Ulmus pumila''.
Cultivation
The tree remains in commercial cultivation in the United States. Considered cold-hardy far into Canad
it did not perform well in the hot, arid, climate of
Arizona as part of the elm trials in conducted by the
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the final public university established in the Arizona Territory, 13 years before Arizona was admitted as the 48th state.
...
at
Holbrook
Accessions
;North America
*
Dominion Arboretum
The Dominion Arboretum (french: Arboretum du Dominion) is an arboretum part of the Central Experimental Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally begun in 1889, the Arboretum covers about of rolling land ...
,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. No acc. details.
*
Morton Arboretum, US. Acc. no. 883–85
Photographs of Morton Arboretum 'Dropmore', Acc. no. 883-55; cirrusimage.com
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* University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, US. Acc. details not known
;Europe
* Grange Farm Arboretum, Lincolnshire, UK. Acc. no. 1273.
Nurseries
;North America
*Lee Nursery Inc
Fertile, Minnesota, Fertile, Minnesota, US.
*Lincoln Oake
Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota, US.
References
{{Elm species, varieties, hybrids, hybrid cultivars and species cultivars , state=collapsed
Siberian elm cultivar
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