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Cambridge Gage plum trees

Pick: Late-season    Flowering group: 3       Uses: Eat fresh | Cookery 
Cambridge Gage plum tree

Cambridge Gage is a classic English green gage, with a high quality gage-like flavour. It is a close substitute for the traditional Old Green Gage, but easier to grow.

Cambridge Gage ripens towards the end of August, and is equally good as a fresh dessert plum or for culinary purposes.

Order now for delivery September 2013 onwards

Cambridge Gage plum trees for sale

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Pot-grown fruit trees (Delivery start September 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - Pixy rootstock £39.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)2-year bush-trained - 12L pot - St.Julien rootstock £39.00

Bare-root fruit trees (Deliveries start November 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)1-year - Bare-root - Pixy rootstock £32.00
Large (3m - 3.5m)1-year - Bare-root - St.Julien rootstock £31.00

**All prices include delivery. We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime - see our Tree Height Calculator.

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Alternatives to Cambridge Gage plum trees

Alternative fruit trees - Old Green Gage plum trees
Late-season  (3)  
Eat 

Old Green Gage plum trees

The definitive green gage - Cambridge Gage is closely related.
Alternative fruit trees - Reine Claude de Bavay plum trees
Late-season  (3)  SF  
Eat 

Reine Claude de Bavay plum trees

Traditional French green gage, very similar to Cambridge Gage.
Alternative fruit trees - Denniston's Superb plum trees
Mid-season  (2)  SF  
Eat 

Denniston's Superb plum trees

An American green gage, a good choice for northern areas.
Alternative fruit trees - Oullins Golden Gage plum trees
Mid-season  (4)  SF  
Eat | Cook 

Oullins Golden Gage plum trees

A traditional yellow gage - a good complement to a green gage.




Summary features of Cambridge Gage

Growing

Uses

Identification

  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1850 - 1899
  • Fruit colour: Green - light
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green

Climate



Pollination guide for Cambridge Gage

Cambridge Gage is in flowering group 3. Cambridge Gage is partially self-fertile, but fruiting will be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby. Since it flowers in the middle of the blossom season it can be pollinated by most other plum trees.



How to grow Cambridge Gage plum trees

Cambridge Gage is very similar to Old Green Gage in most respects but is generally found to be a more reliable cropper with consistent crops from year to year.

As with most green gages it prefers a dry climate and does best when planted in a sunny aspect.

Cambridge Gage is partially self-fertile (unlike Old Green Gage) but it helps if there is another pollinator nearby - the popular Victoria plum tree is a good choice.



Varieties with similar picking times to Cambridge Gage

<== Pick slightly earlierAbout the same timePick slightly later ==>
Victoria
Yellow Pershore

Jefferson

Coe's Golden Drop
Haganta
Kirke's Blue



Historical details

Cambridge Gage is thought to be a seedling of Old Green Gage, and was grown commercially in the Cambridge area by the jam manufacturers Chivers in the early 20th century. It was probably discovered at the end of the 19th century.



Botanical name

Prunus domestica Cambridge Gage



Related variety collections

Green Gages and Yellow Gages


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