Apple varieties, United Kingdom
Slack-my-Girdle
The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:
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.
Sources
- Slack-my-Girdle (accession 1992 - 132), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.
