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[Richard Tripp <rtripp@u.washington.edu>]

Sam:  Shiro a Japanese plum ripens about 2 weeks earlier for me, is much
larger than Green Gage(European) and a distinct yellow colour vs greenish
yellow and
much smaller and not the roundish Japanese plum shape.

Dick

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Sam Franc wrote:

> How do you tell if it is a green gage or a shiro?
> Sam
> 
> davidu9999@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I vote for Green Gage.? I have a young tree grafted from a mature tree I
> > found near a friends' home.? Having grown and fruited over 100 varieties 
> > of
> > plums (while in Mississippi), I rate this as a "keeper".? May not be green
> > gage but it matches the Plums of New York description.
> >
> > David Ulmer
> > Sebastopol, CA
> > USDA zone 8-9
> >
> > p.s. I never grew Green Gage in Mississippi as the Europeans don't do 
> > well in
> > the deep south.
> >
> > 
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