Oullins Gage
Price range: 26,50 € through 64,50 €
Oullins Gage is self-fertile, quite easy to grow, and the plums have a lovely sweet flavour.
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A French gage with the classic gage-like flavour, yet whereas most gages prefer warm climates, Oullins Gage also grows well in cooler climates. Rated by the noted Victorian writer Hogg as having “exquisite flavor and handsome appearance“.
The fruit is large by gage standards – more like a small plum. It is a particularly attractive golden color, with faint red dots – very pretty in a fruit bowl.
Oullins Gage is equally good for fresh or culinary use. Eaten fresh, the flesh is sweet and gage-like – and far better than most shop-bought plums. For culinary use, pick slightly early when it is still firm. The flavor of Oullins Gage is also fairly consistent between seasons, and it will perform well even in a poor summer.
The stone is semi-clinging.
It is interesting to compare Oullins Gage (a gage but with some plum-like characteristics) with one of its offspring – Opal. Opal is a true plum but best considered as a gage-like plum, since it inherits some of the gage-like flavor of Oullins Gage.
Variety characteristics
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Additional variety information for Oullins Gage is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.
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