Early Transparent Gage Tree
£62.00
Mature Healthy Early Transparent Gage Fruit Tree.
Enjoy one of the earliest ripening gage varieties with this mature, healthy Early Transparent Gage fruit tree. Supplied in a generous 16 litre pot, this well established specimen has been professionally grown and pruned into an open shape, making it ready for planting and future fruit production.
Tree Details:
* Mature, healthy Early Transparent Gage fruit tree
* Supplied in a 16L pot
* Approximately 6-7ft tall
* Professionally pruned to an open shape
* Grafted onto St. Julien A rootstock for reliable growth and excellent fruiting
* Well-established and ready to plant
Once planted in the ground, the tree is expected to produce its sweet, juicy gage fruits within approximately 12 months, subject to growing conditions and aftercare.
An Early-Season Heritage Favourite
Early Transparent Gage is a traditional European gage variety that has been grown for well over a century. Valued for its exceptionally early harvest, it produces attractive pale green to yellow fruits with almost translucent skin that lets you see the stone inside when held to the light, giving rise to its distinctive name.
Later the fruit received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in 1898 and became a popular commercial and garden variety across the UK
Created in 1866 by the nurseryman Thomas Rivers in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England, from an open pollinated transparent gage, the variety first fruited in 1869 and was formally introduced to the public in 1873.
It derives from the French diaphanous transparent gage type known as Reine Claude Diaphane.
It is freestone, self fertile, in pollinator group 4.
The fruit has the rich, honeyed sweetness for which gages are famous, with juicy flesh and excellent flavour. Ripening earlier than many other gage varieties, it extends the fruit season and provides delicious dessert fruit when few other plums are ready to harvest.
The tree produces beautiful white blossom in spring before developing reliable crops of high-quality fruit in mid to late summer. Ideal for eating fresh from the tree, the fruit is also excellent for desserts, jams, and preserves.
Please Note:
* The photographs show a typical example of the tree you will receive.
* As these are living plants, minor variations in shape and branching are natural.
* Fruit production times can vary depending on planting position, soil, weather and aftercare.
**Collection Only:
Due to the size of this tree it is collection only from our nursery in March, Cambridgeshire.
Please ensure you are able to collect before purchasing.
A wonderful heritage fruit tree that combines attractive blossom, dependable cropping, and exceptionally sweet early season fruit, an excellent addition to any garden or orchard.
