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Bolero
A green mid season Ballerina apple which naturally grows in a columnar form.
Origin: Kent UK, 1976
Pollination: Bolero is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Bolero
Bolero is a Ballerina apple variety raised at East Malling Research Station, Kent UK in 1976 from a Wijcik McIntosh x Greensleeves. Medium sized, round conical fruit. Smooth green skin turning yellow where exposed to the sun. Crisp and juicy with a flavour similar to James Grieve.Ballerina trees naturally grow in a columnar form. Side branches are not normally produced and the fruit is borne on the main trunk. They are very slow growing and will usually be much smaller in size when supplied than to other apple trees. Because of their slow growth rate and naturally dwarfing habit they are usually grafted on fairly vigorous rootstocks such as MM106 and MM111. They will grow up to 8ft (2.4m) in height. They require no pruning other than the removal of side branches when they occasionally form.
Characteristics of Bolero apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Green |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Early Sep |
| Season of use | Sep |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 1 |
| Pollination group | A |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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