Lindsey Gage is a sweet-flavoured green gage, similar to Cambridge Gage.
USDA identification images for Lindsey Gage
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Lindsey Gage tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus domestica - European plum
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Fruit colour: Green - light
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Under-rated
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Picking month: August
- Picking period: late August
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Lindsey Gage plum trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Lindsey Gage plum trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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