Cambridge Gage
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 3 accessions
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1927 from Chivers & Son, Histon, Cambridgeshire. The fruits are very juicy with a sweet, rich flavour. A high quality plum, excellent for dessert, cooking, preserving, bottling and canning.
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Accession 1974-412 · Cambridge Gage (EMLA)
- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 13th April (10%) · 17th April (full) · 27th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Round
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Green
- Fruit weight
- 28.60 g
- Stalk length
- 13.37 mm
Accession 1976-031 · Cambridge Gage (Firkins)
- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 19th April (10%) · 23rd April (full) · 4th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Round
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Green
- Fruit weight
- 27.00 g
- Stalk length
- 12.77 mm
Accession 1978-273 · Cambridge Gage (Palmer)
- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 12th April (10%) · 14th April (full) · 25th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Round/Oval
- Stone
- Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 23.50 g
- Stalk length
- 13.20 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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