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1 year old potted plants, in 2″x2″x4″ pots
ROLAND
(Interspecific hybrid)
100% CULTIVAR from QUEBEC
GREEN SEEDED TABLE GRAPE
Origine:
Roland
Roland is a 100% Quebec-grown grape variety. Discovered in Quebec by a Quebecer!
Indeed, it was discovered by Mr. Roland Boisvert following a spontaneous hybridization in his vineyard, located in the town of La Pocatière, Quebec, about 130 kilometers north of Quebec City along the St. Lawrence River.
Here is what Jeannine Lachance, Roland Boisvert’s spouse, wrote in a beautiful article published in the October 2015 issue of Voir D’ici about the discovery of the Roland grape variety:
«In 2000, freshly retired from the La Pocatière Institute of Agri-Food Technology (ITA), where he had taught vegetable and fruit horticulture for 30 years, Roland began trellising the grapevines—of various varieties—that he had planted a few years earlier in his garden located between Montagne Ronde and Montagne Pointue in La Pocatière.
The following year, he noticed that a spontaneous seedling had developed — quite vigorously, in fact — just 15 cm away from another vine.
Quite by chance, he decided to keep this seedling and remove the other vine.
The first fruits of this spontaneous seedling turned out to be green grapes with seeds and were the earliest to ripen in the garden, at the end of August 2003, ahead of all other varieties.
Surprised, Roland Boisvert found them very flavorful and very sweet, with a slight spicy touch. Hallelujah! He had selected the right vine!
At the suggestion of Claude Gélineau, the professor who succeeded Roland at the ITA, the variety was named Roland in 2007, of course in honor of the passionate horticulturist who gave it its first care. Thus, a completely new grape variety was born.»
