Growing and Training. By gage standards, EarlyTransparentGage is quite easy to grow and the tree is a bit more vigourous than most gages. It can be grown in the north of the UK but benefits from a south-facing situation. EarlyTransparentGagetrees produce a very sweet Gage fruit that sports a red blush. Reliably cropping. Buy quality gagetrees online for fast UK delivery. EarlyTransparent is the most unusual gage with large, round attractive fruits that are flushed with a red cheek and translucent skin. EarlyTransparent is one of a sub-group of Reine Claude plums (gages) which are "diaphanous" or transparent (Reine Claude Diaphane). The skin is thin and if the fruit is held up to the light it is sometimes possible to see the flesh and stone inside. Click the link for Bare Root EarlyTransparentGageTree. EarlyTransparentGage (Prunus domestica 'EarlyTransparent') is a most unusual gage with very sweet golden melting flesh. Large with an attractive red cheek. EarlyTransparent produces regular crops of gages. Like other gages, this one is delicious eaten fresh and raw, right off the tree. However, it is more versatile than other gage varieties, so if you want a plum you can eat fresh but also cook or bake with, can, or turn into jam, EarlyTransparent is a great choice. EarlyTransparentGageTree. £22.60 – £30.95Price range: £22.60 through £30.95. A very rich greengage flavour, the fruits are pale yellow with crimson dots, and an almost primrose coloured bloom. For picking mid-late August from a compact, but heavy cropping tree. OverviewPrunus domestica 'EarlyTransparent'A traditional variety of gage with golden yellow flesh, juicy and fairly sweet. A lovely gage for desserts, jams and for canning. A fairly regular and heavy cropper, although still relatively light compared to some plum varieties. Find compatible pollenizers for EarlyTransparentGage plum (european) trees, based on flowering group, parentage, self-fertility and other attributes. Gage 'EarlyTransparent'. EAN code.MM.106 - Semi vigorous. General purpose for most types of tree; bush, cordon and half standard. Very productive from an early age. Can succumb to collar rot or phytophora on poorly drained soils. Small to medium-sized, oval, free-stone fruit, palest yellow transparent skin speckled with crimson; golden flesh, sweet, juicy and succulent, with superb, rich, greengage flavour. Moderately vigorous, tidy, upright tree; crops are regular, and good for a gage. Our GageEarlyTransparent bare rooted trees are lifted at the start of the bare root season in November, when the gagetrees become dormant, and made available through to March the following year. This period is the ideal time for economical planting. Introduced 1873. Received RHS award 1898. Very similar to the Green Gage. Medium to large in size, greenish yellow and occasionally mottled crimson on the sun side. Very juicy and sweet. It is self-fertile so will set fruit without the need of another plum tree to pollinate it. EarlyTransparentGage is an early flowering gage of delicious flavour. Very suitable for gardens with a spare wall to train along. It is self-fertile. Make sure you cover the tree with garden fleece if night frost is forecast when in bloom in April.
