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Golden Transparent Gage tree

Owner: Donald

Location:  West Hartford, CONNECTICUT, United States

Age:Planted in about 2012
Age of this tree:13 years
Soil:clay loam 
Climate at this location:zone 6A hot summers, cold winters
Pruning:I summer prune to reduce the height.
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Chemical treatments

Season records for this tree

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 19 April
    Harvest: 1st week September  9kg / 20lbs
    Size: 3.0m / 10.0ft high   2.5m / 8.3ft wide
    This tree was planted in 2012 as a one-year-old maiden whip. This was the tree's first harvest. The harvest lasted from 6 September (a few plums damaged by birds and wasps) through 19 October (these last plums were slightly overripe). I put bird netting over the tree shortly after harvesting the first ripe fruit.