Transparent Gage

An old French yellow gage considered as one of the finest flavoured gages

Origin: France, 1836

Pollination: Transparent Gage is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Transparent Gage

Raised from an open pollinated Greengage sometime before 1836 by Lafay, a nurseryman at Bellevue, Paris. Brought to England by Thomas Rivers c 1845 from which he raised the Early Transparent Gage by which it has now been largely replaced. Received RHS Award of Merit in 1964.

Medium sized, round-oblong fruit. Yellow skin with red spots and a delicate pale blue bloom. Transparent yellow, soft, very juicy flesh. When fully ripe it is possible to see the stone through the transparent flesh when the fruit is held against light. Free stone. Delicious, sweet flavour and a very pleasant aroma. An excellent dessert plum.

Moderately vigorous, round-headed tree. Moderate cropping.

Characteristics of 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	Spreading
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Suitable for	Shade
Pollination date	22
Pollination group	D
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Old Greengage
Progeny	Early Transparent Gage Golden Transparent Gage Merton Gage