Pests and Diseases
Tested by inoculation, 'Fiorente' revealed a moderate resistance to Dutch Elm Disease, comparable with ''Lobel' and Plantyn'. 'Fiorente' is also resistant to Elm Yellows; susceptibility to the elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola is much the same as that of the Field Elm Ulmus minor.
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