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Bryanston Gage

Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession

It is an old gage which was found in Lord Portman's gardens at Bryanston Park, Blandford, Dorset in about 1800. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have greenish yellow, juicy flesh with a delicious gage flavour.

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Picking time
Early September
Flowering
15th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oval-Oblong
Stone
Clingstone
Skin colour
Yellow/Purple-red
Fruit weight
37.00 g
Stalk length
11.43 mm

Source · National Fruit Collection

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