Wonderful tribute to a lost friend !

....wish I had been involved in conifers earlier, so I might have known him !
(a few photos of the man himself would also be appreciated)

Thanks,

Jaro

Hello Zsolt,

thanks for the beginning of this long story.
I do only know a few facts about his life.And it began, when I planted S.G. Barabits Requiem and C.j. Barabits Gold some years before. But I hope I will learn much more about his life and his cultivars.

Thanks

Wolfgang

Dear Jaro,

thanks, and your wish will realized soon...
I have also a photo of Barabits.

He was a forrestal engeener, and since the early 50's he worked on selecting exotas for forrestal use in Hungary. That time was his job to select possible very big trees of seed. Some Chamaecyparis forests are still alive in the more rainy western counties of Hungary. He mad also forrestal experiences to settle in Abies species, Cryptomeria, Sequoiadendron, Pinus any many others.
He was the supervisor of the hungarian forest nurseries, and saw millions of seedlings. Thats the key to his rich coniferography.
We usually find what in the forests, but he told me once, 'I made a blue one' of an earlier selection. This was his habit, to find just anything was few for him.

Well, I have some more photos of his own "made" conifer world.

Abies concolor Bella
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced 1991 Zwijnenburg Nurs., into HOL as Biella
Description A nice conical dwarf blue selection. Some specimen exported to Holland.

Photo documentation
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Photo author me at Orlóci, László
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Abies nordmanniana Barabits Compact
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1965 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced H. J. van de Laar 1990, M. M. Böhmer Nurs., Zundert HOL

Description A dense regular dwarf. 1,5 m. at age of 30 years.

Photo documentation

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Photo author me at Tóth, Gyula

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Photo author me at a nursery in HUN

Cedrus atlantica Csontvári
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1970 Barabits HUN
Introduced
Description Grafted from an old blue-greyish coloured specimen with horizontal branchlets in a garden of Pinnye W-HUN.

Photo author Neményi, András HUN

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Barabits Gold
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Narrow, pyramidal, dense, gold, hardy clone.

Photo documentation
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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács, Zoltán

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Filigran
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A globose habit clone of /Filiformis/, hardy in C-EUR

Photo documentation
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Photo author me in the garden of the son of Barabits

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1952 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description /Barabitss Globe/:in GBR & HOL, /Globira/ in HOL via Draijer Nurs.
/Glauca Globus/ /Globe/
Seedling of a /Triomp van Boskoop/
Original plant in the Dortmund Botanic Garden GER as /Glauca Globus/

Photo documentation with the author, Barabits, Elemér dr.
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Photo author Silvanus Nursery Hungary

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Globus Hegyes
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1984 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description The same like /Globus/, but has a leader

Photo documentation

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Globus Hógolyó
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Barabits, Sopron HUN, M. M.Böhmer Nurs., Zundert HOL

Description White spotted witchs broom of /Mini Globus/.
Syn. /Hógolyó/ /Globus Hógolyó/ /Schneeball/ /Snowball/

Photo documentation
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Globus Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1970 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Introduced in HOL as /Miniglobe/
Description Of seed of /Globus/, dwarf globe, about 1 meter tall. /Mini Globus/

Photo documentation

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Globus Silver
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok, HUN
Description The most blue clone of the series /Globus/
/Silver Globus/ /Kék Globus/ /Globus Glauca/

Photo documentation
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Photo author me, but my dry air makes him problems

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Zsolt

It's great to remember where many of our pleasable things came from. This is a great tribute(with some awesome photos) to what sounds like a remarkable man. I'll take extra pride knowing some of the plants he discovered now grow in my garden(and across the world).

Thank you for providing this piece of history Zsolt.

Thanks Will, the story goes on with the rest of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana cultivars. These would be nice in Oregon and Washington and the Pazific Slope...

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Grisette
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1955 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs., Siófok HUN
Description Of seed of /Triomp van Boskoop/. Hardy in C-EUR, lime-resistent, branchlets hanging, greyish.
Photo documentation
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Ivánc Lutea
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1955 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Arboretum of the Sopron Forestry University, Sopron HUN
Description A yellowish clone, not very hardy in C-EUR, rich of cones.

Photo documentation
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Photo author me in Kámoni Arboretum, Szombathely HUN

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lilla
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1984 Barabits Miklós HUN, son of Barabits
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description A clone of scanty branchlets, silver coloured turning violet in the autumn and pendulous habit.

Photo documentation
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Photo author me in the collection of Barabits, Miklós

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Photo author me in the collection of Barabits, Miklós

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lõvér /Columnaris Glauca/
Published Hungarian Agricult. Quality Control Institute 1982
Breeder/Found 1955 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description Narrow, columnar, silver-blue clone

Photo documentation
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Photo author me in my dry garden

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Mini Nova or Nova Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr. Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Dwarf yellow globose sport of Nova
Photo documentation

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Nova
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1969 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Hungarian Agricult.Quality Control Institute 1972
Description Bright yellow, hardy in C-EUR over 2 meters, narrow conical clone.

Photo documentation
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Sárga Csipke = Miky
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found 1984 Barabits Miklós, Sopron HUN, son of Barabits
Introduced
Description
Photo documentation
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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács, Zoltán

A trimmed hedge with Lilla-s behind
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Photo author me in the Barabits Miklós Collection Sopron, HUN

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Scarabantia
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Description Slow growing, not taller than 1,5 meters, blue-grey clone.

Photo documentation
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Photo author Neményi, András

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Silvania
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1980 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced M. M. Böhmer Nurs., Zundert HOL
Description Found in Kámoni Arboretum, Szombathely W-HUN as a witchs broom of an old Chamaecyparis lawsoniana /Casuarinifolia/. Branchlets shell-like, about 3 m. tall, dark-green, hardy clone.

Photo documentation

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Silvania Blue
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description Branchlets shell-like, silvery, regular growth, hardy in C-EUR, similar to /Silvania/ of habit.

Photo documentation
This is the famous I made a blue one" finding
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Photo author Neményi, András

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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Silvania Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1986 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description Of seed of /Silvania/, low growing, compact clone.

Photo documentation
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Photo author Neményi, András

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Super Nova
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description Hardy, narrow conical, yellow clone.

Photo documentation

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Tata
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1960 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Agostyán Forestry Pinetum HUN

Description A bluish superb vigorous, extraordinary quick growing clone, selected for forestry use

Photo documentation
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Photo author Neményi, András

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Tekeres
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A /Pendula/ clone, hardy about -30 Celsius degrees, pendulous, seems to be better in C-EUR than Cham. nootkatensis Pendula

Photo documentation
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Photo author Neményi, András

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Transsylvania
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr. Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Of seed of /Silvania/, a vigorous, green, incredible narrow - about 50 cm. - clone.

Photo documentation
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Triomp van Barabits
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits Miklós HUN, named by Barabits Elemér
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description A compact dense clone of /Triomp van Boskoop/, closed, conical, hardy, blue selection of seed.

Photo documentation
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Photo author Bob Fincham 1999 in the Barabits Collection, Sopron HUN

Friends, a part of the photos are older than 20 years, and not digital ones. Sorry, but we have simply no better photos.

Zsolt

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Chamaecyparis obtusa Barabits Fastigiata
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits HUN postumus clone
Introduced Came to light after Barabits left us
Description A small dense upright form with vivid green colour, grows very slowly

Photo documentation
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Chamaecyparis obtusa Pagoda
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Fenyõkert Nursery Budapest HUN
Description A witchs broom of /Kosteri/ with pagode habit
Photo documentation
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Photo author Orlóci, László
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Crypromeria japonica Barabits Compact
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1967 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description Of seed a slower growing juvenile clone. Strong bronze autumn colour.
Photo documentation
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Cryptomeris japonica Barabits Gold
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1967 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
W. Linssen, Beaxem HOL
in Windsor Great Park GBR as /Hungarian Gold
Description
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As Hungarian Gold (named in the Windsor Great Park)

Ginkgo biloba Barabits Nana = Barabitsii
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1983 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs., Siófok HUN
Description A broad dwarf with dense habit. Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Photo documentation

Ginkgo biloba Barabits Sztráda = Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs., Siófok HUN
Description A regular ball-like habit clone, about 2 m diameter. Very decorative as high graft
Photo documentation

Ginkgo biloba Pillar
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1983 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Barabits HUN
Description A witchs broom of narrow habit and slow growing
Photo documentation
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Ginkgo biloba Pyramis =Pyramidata
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Lõvér Pinetum Sopron HUN
Description A dwarf pydamide about 2 m. Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Photo documentation
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Photo author Mesterházy in the Tóth Gyula Nursery, Gödöllõ HUN

Ginkgo biloba Katlan = Umbrella
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Barabits E. jr. Nurs., Alsótekeres HUN
Description A witchs broom with an umbrella-like habit
Photo documentation

Juniperus chinensis Favorit
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1978 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description Pale yellow seedling, taller than /Pfitzeriana Aurea/.

Photo documentation
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Juniperus chinensis Kék
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1960 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Deutsche Baumschule 1966
Description Narrow, blue-grey clone

Photo documentation
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Zsolt

Zsolt, your comment isn't complety right.
You mentioned the Chamaecyparis laws. 'Globus Hógolyó' which I received from the Bömer Nursery as 'Schneeball' which is German for "Snow Ball".
This isn't found as a witches'broom from 'Mini Globus' but a white variegated branchmutation.

The second photo you showed us derives from my website from which I didn't give you any permission to use it and isn't the same one, it's the 'Silver Ball' which is a totaly differend cultivar.
I think you have to do you homework much better before you mention it on the web!

Edwin,
the original description text also speaks about brunchmutation, the translation was not the best. Barabits cultivars were so many times renamed in Holland and the GBR, that finally I missed the Silver Ball.

About permissions and homework themes I sent you a mail, but it would be more simple, if I invited you with your photos. With the linking some of your photos I was going to give you the homour, as the owner of the possible biggest Barabits collection in Holland in the name of the hungarian conifer lovers.

Join us with your Barabits photos, please. Maybe other dutch nurseries could have any other photos, too. The dutch colleauges has now the possibility to give their honour to Barabits joining to the collection.

Barabits Life Monument Gallery
Juniperus communis

Juniperus communis Bakony
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1965 Barabits E. & Dr. Majer A. in Fenyõfõ HUN
Introduced Deutsche Baumschule 1966
Description Narrow columnar male clone.

Photo documentation
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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács Zoltán

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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács Zoltán

Juniperus communis Pannonia
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum, Sopron, HUN
Description Similar female clone to /Bakony/, but resistent of winter snow.

Photo documentation
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Juniperus conferta Sláger
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr. Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Strong growing, blue-grey clone, with deep procumbens habit.
/Blue Hit/ /Barabits Sláger/ /Kék Sláger/

Photo documentation
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Photo author me. Staked in dry climate becomes more blue and more juvenile

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Juniperus sabina Szõke Tisza
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr. Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description White-spotted witchs broom of a /Blue Danube/,
/Blonde Theiss/ in HOL

Photo documentation
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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács Zoltán

Juniperus scopulorum Goldstar
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1976 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum
Description Yellow variegated mutation

Photo documentation
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Juniperus scopulorum MY

Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Hybrid of /Skyrocket/ and /Blue Pyramid/. More narrow and more silver coloured than
/Skyrocket/. Strong growing male plant. Brother of Juniperus scopulorum MX, which is selected of seed population, more narrow and more silver coloured than /Skyrocket/.
The successful Juniperus scopulorum cultivars of the 80s from the USA are all sick in the european inside continent. We had to change them to healthy clons as of Barabits and other hungarian breeders joined, too. Maybe, this ones should be sent back to the States to make there a bigger choice.

Photo documentation
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Juniperus virginiana Barabits Obelisk
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1983 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Columnar, blue-greyish female clone. Later on becomes more bushy and broad.

Photo documentation
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Juniperus virginiana Tekeres
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits Elemér jr. HUN, the other son of Barabits
Introduced Alsótekeres Nursery, Siófok HUN
Description
Photo documentation
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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács Zoltán

Larix decidua Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1971 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced L. Konijn Nurs. into HOL, Horstmann Nurs. into GER

Description
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Photo author me as a medium high grafted specimen

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Picea abies Korong
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1970 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs., Siófok HUN
Description A disk-like depressed dwarf, about 1 m broad.

Photo documentation
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Photo author Neményi András

Picea abies Mini Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. wild in the Sopron Forest HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Description A witchs broom found in the Sopron Forest, regular dwarf globe.

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Photo author me in the Németh Imre Nursery in Szombathely HUN

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Photo author me in the Németh Imre Nursery in Szombathely HUN

Picea abies Tompa
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits Miklós HUN, named by Barabits Elemér
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN, M. M. Böhmer Nurs. Zundert HOL

Description A slow growing, broad, dense, conical seedling.

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Photo author Jiri Holata CZ

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Picea abies Filigran /Zala/
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1965 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Deutsche Baumschule 1965
Description A dwarf with very short needles

Photo documentation
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Photo author me in ELTE Budapest BG

Picea glauca Barabits Blue /Puszta/
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1976 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Description A witchs broom of a /Conica/

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Photo author me in ELTE Budapest BG

Picea omorika Barabits Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1976 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A slow growing dense, conical seedling

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Picea omorika Scarabantia
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found Barabits E. in the Sopron Forestry Univ. Bot. Gard. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Picea omorika x sitchensis Scarabantia
A superb narrow clone, found in the Forestry University Botanical Garden in Sopron.

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Zsolt

Barabits Life Monument Gallery

Picea pungens Barabits Blue
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Superb silvery, dense, regular, 1,5 m high clone

Photo documentation
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Photo author by courtesy of Lukács Zoltán

Picea pungens Edith
Published H. J. van de Laar 1990
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced 1990 Flora Nova Exhibition, Silver Med.,
Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
M. M. Böhmer Nurs. Zundert HOL

Description Extraordinary silver coloured clone. Cones are almost white

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Pinus heldreichii Barabits Compact
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits Miklós HUN in Bulgaria as a WB, named by Barabits Elemér
Introduced Mesterházy Pinetum, Erdõtarcsa HUN
Description An irregular globe from a witchs broom. 2 meters in 25 years.

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Photo author me in Barabits Miklós garden

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Photo author me in my garden, as the oldest known exemplar, 25 years old

Pinus mugo Árpád
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits E. HUN found in the Sopron Forestry University Arboretum HUN

Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A columnar habit clone.

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In 2007 I gave a copy of this to Mr. Tom Cox, former ACS president in the Holata Nursery CZ. I hope this fastigiate beauty is still alive.

Pinus mugo Dunajec
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits Elemér HUN
Introduced Böhmer Nurs. HOL, ELTE Füvészkert Budapest HUN

Description A prostrate dwarf form

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Pinus mugo Elemér
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits Elemér HUN, a postumus clone, found in the Sopron University Arboretum by Németh Gábor, named by Orlóci László HUN.
Introduced Orlóci László
Description Fastigiate selection of Pinus mugo

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Pinus mugo Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1980 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A witchs broom, lower to /Mops/.

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I send a surprise to the dutch breeders:
Pinus mugo
Pal Maleter D. M. van Gelderen 1982
1965 van der Poel, HOL
A cultivar honoured to late Maléter, Pál, a hero of the 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fights form holland breeders. Thanks!

Pinus nigra Borzas
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1976 Barabits E. HUN
P. nigra ssp. calabrica Borzas Barabits
Introduced ELTE BG Budapest
Description A long leaved irregular cultivar

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Pinus nigra Buda
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN, Libo Nurs., Baexam HOL

Description A witchs broom with regular globe-like habit, found in a private garden in Budapest HUN. 2 meters in diameter at age.

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Pinus nigra Globus Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1977 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced
Description A superb dwarf globe with 0.5 m diameter, found
on the Budapest Castle Hill as a witchs broom
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Pinus nigra Molett
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1972 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced 1990 Flora Nova Exhibition, Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Dendroflora 1990/27.

Description A broad column seedling, winning Gold Prize of Nova Flora 1990.

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Pinus nigra Pyramis
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1972 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A pyramid-like clone with short, dark needles, resistent of snow.

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Pinus nigra Silfid
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1972 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Superb narrow column with contorted needles, resistent of snow.

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This one here is introduced by Barabits

Pinus parviflora Pest
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1977 Czanik Sándor, Budapest HUN from JPN seed
Introduced Barabits E. HUN
Description A very quick growing clone. Not propagated.

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Pinus strobus Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1976 Barabits E. wild found in Balatonvilágos HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN

Description A dwarf globe clone from a witchs broom.

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Pinus sylvestris Barabits Bonsai
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Alsótekeres Nurs. Siófok HUN
Description A common name of 4 bonsai type clones.

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Pinus sylvestris Sé
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1955 Bánó I. & Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description An extraordinary blue clone with long, contorted needles. Found by Bánó István and Barabits Elemér. Incredible, but this selection is a by-product: there was looking after a high resin-producing pine that time in Hungary, and this one produced 9 kg resins per year.
/Sé/ /Séi Kék/ /Kámon Blue Krüssmann 1983/ /Sei/ in GBR

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Pinus sylvestris Silver Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1955 Barabits E. in Fenyõfõ HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Found as a witchs broom on the same tree, like /Bakony/, but another smaller, extra blue one. Original plant in the Ágfalva Nurs. Sopron, HUN

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Platycladus orientalis Balaton
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1965 Barabits E. in Folly Arboretum, Badacsony HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A filiformis type clone

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Platycladus orientalis Barabits maybe a postumus clone?
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits (?)
Introduced ELTE Budapest BG
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Platycladus orientalis Minaret also known as Obelisk
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1985 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzóta Nursery of Barabits E. Sopron HUN
Description A narrow green column.

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Platycladus orientalis Mini Gold Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A golden coloured dwarf globe, 1,5 meters in 25 years

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Pseudotsuga menziesii Pannonia
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1970 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A witchs broom from Sopron Forest HUN. Some pieces to Mr. H. Welch, GBR.

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Pseudotsuga menziesii Pannonia Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1975 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN

Description A very dwarf green clone, similar to an Abies, mutation on a /Pannonia/

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Sequoiadendron giganteum Barabits Requiem
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1965 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced 1990 Flora Nova Exhibition Gold Prize,
M. M. Böhmer Nurs., Zundert HOL
Dendroflora 1990/27.

Description A very strongly pendulous clone of seed.

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A legendary photo from Bob Finchams site http://www.coenosium.com/Hungary/hungtext.htm
Barabits and Bob with the giant Sequoiadendron giganteum Barabits Requiem mother plant in 1999 in Sopron HUN.
Open please Bob's site to enjoy this great adventure of great breeders.

Zsolt

Barabits Life Monument Gallery

Taxus baccata Barabits Express
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1979 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A strong growing male seedling

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Taxus baccata Barabits Miklós younger son of Barabits
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Tresury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits Miklós, Sopron HUN
Introduced Barabits Miklós Nursery, Sopron HUN
Description A vigorous column.

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Taxus baccata Barabits Rapid
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1979 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Description A columnar, strong growing female clone.

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Taxus baccata Ideal Hedge
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1980 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Ágfalva Nurs., Sopron, HUN
Description Strong, dense, female clone with radial standing needles, ideal for hedges.

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Thuja occidentalis Barabits Compact
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1984 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr. Barabits, Sopron HUN. 1989 H. J. van de Laar in HOL

Description A broad, low, columnar clone. Ideal for low hedges

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Thuja occidentalis Ericoides Barabits postumus clone?
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits (?)
Introduced Gergely Nursery, Gödöllõ HUN
Description Green small upright habit dwarf

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This is not the first postumus (?) clone under the name of Barabits. Im not very delighted of this plants, but there is always the hidden maybe". As Barabits found what, he gave of his plants to anybody, who visited him. In 1995 we made clear his Life Monument, but who had so much, the maybe" will be still could work. Maybe also, that some plants are living anywhere in hidden and lost gardens, where the owners are long ago died, and nobody knows, what the next generations owned.
Despite all maybee" possibilities, the Barabits file must be ever closed for the conifering history. On the other hand: who could be so fool to find Barabits plants 7 years after his death, instead of introducing it with his own name?

I hope, You guess now the shadow side of my work, and the causes of my hesitation.

Anyway, the happy side of this great conifer adventure just brings us pure facts. What we have photos of his heritage, known in nurseries, they will or could survive. The lost garden of Barabits will be only an interesting forest", as Bob Fincham wrote some month ago as thinking about his own gardens future. We need sometimes wise men to understand better lifes situations

Last, but not least, this cultivar is a nice, lovely small conifer.

Thuja occidentalis Globus
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A superb ball-like clone. 1,5 meters in 25 years.

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Thuja occidentalis Globus Gold
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1992 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN

Description A yellow globe.

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Thuja occidentalis Lukas Tallér another Maybe"
Some authorities think, this beautiful dwarf, like an empty middle coin-like plant also belongs to Barabits.
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Hort. HUN
Introduced Fenyõkert Nursery Budapest HUN
Description like above

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Thuja occidentalis Micky
Published H. J. van de Laar 1990
Breeder/Found 1990 Barabits Miklós HUN, son of Barabits
Introduced 1990 Flora Nova Exhibition Silver Med., M. M. Böhmer Nurs., Zundert HOL
Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN, Dendroflora 1990/27

Description A dwarf mutation of /Holmstrup/. Original plant in Miklós Barabitss Pinetum
Sopron, HUN

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Thuja occidentalis Puli
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1981 Barabits Miklós HUN, named by Barabits Elemér
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description A globose plant with unregular, a little pendulous branchlets.

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Thuja occidentalis Sárga postumus clone (?)
Published 2010 Mesterházy in Conifer Treasury of Hungary 1.0
Breeder/Found Barabits Elemér HUN (?)
Introduced Orlóci László, Fenyõkert Nurs. HUN
Description A dwarf yellow globe

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Thuja occidentalis Spiralis Mini
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1980 Barabits E. HUN
Introduced Original plant in the Barabitss Lõvér Pinetum Sopron, HUN
Description dwarf variety of Spiralis

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Thuja plicata Bábolna
Published 1995 Mesterházy Zsolt in the Conifer Treasury
Breeder/Found 1982 Barabits E. in Bábolna W-HUN
Introduced Egzota Nurs. of Mr.Barabits, Sopron HUN
Description Slow growing clone with pendulous branchlets

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Thank you for the attention, Friends.

Zsolt

Wow!

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I don't know what's more impressive - The number of great plants Barabit's was able to find and introduce or the amount of work you put into this!

I think I spent a half-hour checking all of the different plants out and noticing the great number of plants I've never heard of or seen before.

Wow. Well done Zsolt.

-Will

Will,
really, with some friends we spent a time to newly discover and collect these plants in a gallery.
The ELTE BG Budapest started to collect hungarian breeded conifers, and they have now about 100 great pots, partly with the plants of Barabits.

Today I got the news, that the City of Sopron - home of Barabits - opens a Barabits Garden with his cultivars, honoured him. I'll donate them too, as I have about 30 of his plants.

The truth is, that except the 10-20 best favoured plants, which came mainly to Holland and well managed, the rest 200 cultivars are partly here with photos, or forgotten. Maybe such a quantity is too much for the market, and only the most interestings can survive.

I guess, I also learned an other study meanwhile collecting his plants. It's a nice job to create new conifers, but to make them ready for the market, is a totally different situation.

If you buy a fresh introduced conifer beauty anywhere, there are also ten other forgotten ones behind, which you never been informed...

Zsolt

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Glad a garden monument is being made to honor Barabits and his selections.

Thanks Zsolt!

Dax

Truly remarkable presentation . Thank you and good luck with your further projects in Hungary. T.

Two new shots of Cryptomeria japonica 'Hungarian Gold'

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Zsolt

Cryptomeria japonica 'Hungarian Gold' is the old name for what is now Cryptomeria japonica 'Barabits Gold'.
I don't understand why someone from Hungaria make such a big mistake because he's familiar in the way that it must be written...

Edwin,
please read my last private mail from yesterday.

'Barabits Gold' is known in GBR as 'Hungarian Gold' from the Windsor Park. This plant above was propagated from the Windsor Park exemplar, as the owner of the garden told me.

It is not an old name, but a synonym for the same plant from the GBR, as they name it. I'm wondering about you.

Use your email for further informations, please.

Zsolt