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Gage
Old Green Gage 

 

 

 

 
SummaryWidely considered the best-flavoured of all plums, a sublime taste experience when you get a good one.




Identification

Old Green Gage




Fruit colourGreen




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shapeRound




Using

Old Green Gage




FlavorExceptional




Flavour styleGage-like




Ripening periodMid-Late season




Use/Keeping1-3 days




Cooking result




Growing

Old Green Gage




Picking




CroppingLight




VigourAverage growth




PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Blossom frost-resistance
Gardening skillSome skill needed




ProblemsBrown rot - Some susceptibility
Fruit splitting - Some susceptibility

Other

Old Green Gage




Country of originFrance




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