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Green Roland
A mild flavoured green cooking apple from Norfolk
Origin: Norfolk UK, 1945
Pollination: Green Roland is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
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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 Green Roland
Arose in Norfolk and first described in 1945. Bright green, smooth skinned fruit with green tinged flesh. Good fruity flavour, quite sugary. Often used as a culinary apple in East Anglia during the 1939-45 war since it required little or no sugar.Characteristics of Green Roland apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Green |
| Flavour | Sharp |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Late Sep |
| Season of use | Oct-Nov |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | |
| Pollination date | 14 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
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