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Green Roland
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Norfolk. It was described in 1945. Fruits have hard flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Accession No.
1982 - 035
- Accession name
- Green Roland (M27)
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Oblong conical 1
- Height
- 71.86 mm 1
- Width
- 78.64 mm 1
- Ribbing
- medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019