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Slack Ma Girdle
type: Cider
synonyms: Slack My Girl
identification: Medium size, round and flattened at the ends, slightly angular. The skin base colour is greenish yellow but more yellow on the sun exposed side and streaked red. The stem is very shor and set in a shallow, russeted basin. Character of the
origins: Devon
cultivation: xxxx
cold storage: Keeps two months
harvest: In the first half of the fourth period. The fruit tends to harg well beyond maturity.
notes: The Woodbine is sometimes listed as a separate variety. However, the fruit is virtually identical to the Slack Ma Gi The only readily discernible difference is that the Woodbine tends to grow as a large spreading tree whereas the Slack Ma Girdle is a compact, heavily branched tree. The properties SG 1051, acidity 0.2%, Tannin 0.12g/l A Devonshire cider apple
juice character: Character of the Cider: Other
ploidism: Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
brix: 12.62416
tannins: 1.2
acidity: 2
harvest period: 4
sg: 1.051
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