"Janet Baraclough.." wrote in
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Janet said

I'd take some cuttings in case the parent plant is terminally
ill.

Janet, I have always been advised never to take cuttings from an
unhealthy plant.

How do you feel about transplant organs from dead people?

I would be very unhappy about being offered a diseased organ.
What do you think the consequences of propagating cuttings from sick
elms would have been?

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Franz