Laxton's Gage
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
Raised in 1899 by Laxton Bros. at Bedford and introduced in 1922. It was awarded the Award of Merit by the RHS in 1919. Fruits have fairly soft, juicy flesh with an excellent gage flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 14th April (10%) · 19th April (full) · 30th April (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oval
- Stone
- Clingstone
- Skin colour
- Whitish/Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 32.00 g
- Stalk length
- 15.24 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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