Purple Gage Plum
European Plum
 
Fruit ripening time: Late February – Early March
 
A good quality fruit with an intense sweet flavour, rich and sugary and reminiscent of the Greengage. 
 
A small to medium sized, round fruit. The skin has a lovely violet-purple colour, and the flesh is greenish-yellow, firm and highly flavoured. A free-stone variety. More resistant to cracking during wet summers than Greengages. 
 
The tree is moderately vigorous. 
 
Uses: Excellent fresh eating. Also great for preserves and baking. 
 
Storage: Plums generally have a short storage time once they are ripe and are best kept refrigerated. However, the fruit will ripen on the tree over a period of 1 to 2 weeks, ensuring the fresh fruit can still be enjoyed for a good length of time.
 
Purple Gage is partially self-fertile. However, crop yield is increased when a suitable pollinator is present. Flowering Group 3.
 
Pollinators: Angelina, Coe’s Golden Drop, D’Agen, Greengage, King Billy, President, Victoria