Description
Long-time favorite all around the world. Also called Reine Claude Dorée, this dessert Gage Plum ripens early Sept and is also good for cooking & canning. The fruit is medum-small, sweet & juicy with green skin, & green flesh and tender and with a rich full-bodied flavor, & smooth texture. Tree is small, is self-fertile and is very productive. It originated in Persia, 1699. Considered the ideal dessert plum in Europe. USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-8. Also called Reine Claude Verte & Reine Claude Doree.
Gage Plum species description: Gage Plum is self-fertile. USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9. Plums do great in the Pacific Northwest.
| SKU: | PM54 |
|---|---|
| Variety: | Green Gage |
| Common Name: | Gage Plum |
| Latin Name: | Prunus domestica ssp. italica |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Alias: | Reine Claude Dorée, Reine Claude Verte, Reine Claude Doree |
| Tree: | small |
| Characteristics: | dessert, cooking, canning |
| Pollination: | self-fertile |
| Pollination (species): | self-fertile |
| Other Common Names: | Plum |
| Origin: | Persia, 1699 |
| Lifecycle: | Perennial |
| Leaf Drop: | Deciduous |
| Forest Layer: | Understory Tree |
| Food Type: | Fruit Tree |
| Height: | 15ft |
| Width: | 15ft |
| Hardiness: | 5-8 |
| Hardiness (species): | 4-9 |
| Soil PH: | 5.5-7.5 |
| Soil Type: | Sand, Loam, Clay, Heavy Clay |
| Flower Type: | Hermaphroditic |
| Fruit: | medum-small, sweet, juicy green skin, & green flesh tender and with a rich full-bodied flavor, & smooth texture |
| Season (Ripening): | (early Sept) |
| Production: | very |
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