Cambridge Gage
Dessert plum
Prunus domestica L.
Availability
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Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1927 from Chivers & Son, Histon, Cambridgeshire. The fruits are very juicy with a sweet, rich flavour. A high quality plum, excellent for dessert, cooking, preserving, bottling and canning.
Accession name
Cambridge Gage (EMLA)
Flowering time
13th April 10% flowering
17th April Full (80%) flowering
27th April 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid-Late August a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Round a
Fruit Weight
28.60 g a
Skin Colour
Green a
Stalk Length
13.37 mm a
Stone
Freestone a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.