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Laxton's Gage
An excellent yellow dessert gage
Origin: Bedfordshire UK, 1899
Pollination: Laxton's Gage is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop. Pollination partners
British-grown 
All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Laxton's Gage
Raised by Laxton Bros, Bedford, UK 1899 from a cross between Greengage and Victoria. Received the Award of Merit from the RHS in 1919.Medium sized, round-oblong, yellow fruit larger than a greengage. Fairly soft, greenish yellow, juicy flesh. Sweet with an excellent rich gage flavour.
Vigorous upright to spereading tree. Crops well. Susceptible to Silver Leaf.
Characteristics of Laxton's Gage plum and gage trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Yellow |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | |
| Season of use | M Aug |
| Tree vigour | Vigorous |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | |
| Cropping | Good |
| Disease resistance | Silver Leaf - Susceptible |
| Suitable for | Northern Britain |
| Pollination date | 20 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-fertile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Old Greengage Victoria |
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