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gage 'Count Althann's Gage'
gage 'Count Althann's Gage'

gage 'Count Althann's Gage'

gage (syn. Prunus domestica Reine Claude d'Althan

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A self-fertile gage that rewards the late summer garden with round, reddish-purple plums acclaimed for their sweetness. This French heirloom...

bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m
£44.99
available to order from autumn 2024
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Plant description

A self-fertile gage that rewards the late summer garden with round, reddish-purple plums acclaimed for their sweetness. This French heirloom cultivar bears slightly fragrant flowers proving a late-spring pollinator magnet, and by August, abundant fruits weigh down the branches, each featuring golden flesh speckled with a honeyed flavour. While firm enough for cooking and preserving into jams or syrups, ‘Reine Claude d'Althan’ entices straight off the tree, the thin skins slipping away to reveal succulent interiors with a perfume recalling Victoria plums.

Flowering period

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun

Rate of growth

Slow growing

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for gage Count Althann's Gage:

When planting your gage, prepare a hole up to three times the diameter of its root system. Fork over the base of the pit in readiness, incorporating plenty of organic matter into the backfill and planting hole. Avoiding frozen and waterlogged soil, trees should be planted out as they arrive. If you've ordered a bare root tree, soak the roots in a bucket of water for half an hour prior to planting, or if this is not possible, they can be heeled in temporarily, covering their roots with soil, or potted up. Protect from cold, drying winds. Apply a balanced fertiliser in early spring to support growth and fruiting. Lightly prune in summer to reduce the risk of silver leaf and bacterial canker, to retain an open ‘goblet’ shape and remove any damaged, diseased or broken branches.

Please note:

This plant is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

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