Old Greengage
Dessert · Plum · Prunus domestica L. · 1 accession
A very old variety named after the wife of Francois I of France. It was imported into England by Sir Thomas Gage, hence the named used in this country. Fruits have yellow green, juicy, tender flesh with a most delicious flavour.
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- Picking time
- Mid-Late August
- Flowering
- 17th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 2nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Round
- Stone
- Freestone/Semi-freestone
- Skin colour
- Yellow-green
- Fruit weight
- 26.80 g
- Stalk length
- 12.88 mm
Source · National Fruit Collection
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