Early Greengage
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Originated in France. Recorded in 1873. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1955 from the John Innes Institute, Bayfordbury. Fruits have yellow, tender, juicy flesh with a rich gage flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 22nd April (full) · 1st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Round/Oval
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green/Purple-red
- Fruit weight
- 29.40 g
- Stalk length
- 8.17 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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