Slack-my-Girdle
syn. Slack My Girdle, Slack-ma-Girdle, Slack-ma-Girl
Cider · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Origin is believed to be either Devon or Somerset. Medium sized fruits are in use from October to December. Flesh is described as being sweet.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 70 mm
- Over colour
- streaked crimson
- Fruit height
- 57 mm
- Flesh texture
- tender
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Cider
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 61.54 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 47.27 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- dry-medium
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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