Early Transparent Gage
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised by Rivers at Sawbridgeworth in 1866 and introduced in 1873. It was awarded a First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1898. Self-fertile. Fruits have golden yellow flesh with a very sweet and rich flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 15th April (10%) · 20th April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval-Oblong
- Stone
- Freestone
- Skin colour
- Whitish/Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 52.20 g
- Stalk length
- 16.42 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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