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Green Gage Plum
Prunus domestica 'Green Gage'
- Summary
- Hardiness Zone & More
The Green Gage plum has been an American favorite since the time of Jefferson. It's yellowish-green fruit is small to medium and oval in shape with a juicy, smooth texture, amber flesh. Considered the ideal dessert plum, it is also good cooked, canned, or preserved. Ripens ahead of Stanley and Italian prunes.
Named after the wife of Emperor Francis I of France and imported into England in the 18th Century by Sir Thomas Gage, who gave the plum it's current English name.
- Height
- 10-14
- Spread
- 10-14
- Zone
- 4-8
- Color
- Greenish yellow
- Categories
- Cold Hardy Varieties,
- Tags
- Excellent pollinizer, Self-fertile, Tends to biennial bear, Medium size fruit, Average vigor, Upright habit
Fruit Characteristics
Harvest Period
Skill Required