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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Green Gage is Prunus domestica, while Shiro is a Japanese-American hybrid. 
Differences include bloom time, leaf appearance, shoot and bud appearance,
etc.  Gages usually take 7 or more years to come into bearing, while Shiro
starts in about 2 years.  Lots of other differences.
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>From: Sam Franc <franc@harborside.com>
>To: nafex@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Green Gage Plums
>Date: Wed, Aug 23, 2000, 9:05 AM
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>How do you tell if it is a green gage or a shiro?
>Sam
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>davidu9999@aol.com wrote:
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>> 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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