Early Transparent Gage

One of the best and the most popular of the yellow gages. Self-fertile and suitable for most parts of the UK.

Origin: Hertfordshire UK, 1866

Pollination: Early Transparent Gage is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Early Transparent Gage

Early Transparent Gage was raised by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in 1866 from an open pollinated Transparent Gage. Awarded a First Class Certificate by the RHS in 1898 and adopted as a commercial variety in the UK.

Medium sized, round-oblong fruit. Primrose yellow bloomy skin with red dots.Yellow juicy flesh. Stone free. Very sweet with an excellent gage flavour. One of the best dessert gages and also useful for jam making.

Moderately vigorous upright tree. Good reliable cropper but fruit can be small if not thinned when heavy crops are produced.

Characteristics of Early Transparent Gage plum and gage trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	L Aug
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit	Upright
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	23
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Transparent Gage
Progeny	Goldfinch