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[Sam Franc <franc@harborside.com>]

The main reason I am curious is that I got my scions from someone who 
thouight they
were green gage but was not sure. He bought his tree from a nursery that told 
him it
was a green gage but there was no label on it. He never got any fruit for 
years and
was discouraged about it. He finally cut it down.
I got some fruit this year (4) but they have not ripened yet. They are still
green(hard).
Sam

"Lon J. Rombough" wrote:

> 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.
> ----------
> >From: Sam Franc <franc@harborside.com>
> >To: nafex@egroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [nafex] Green Gage Plums
> >Date: Wed, Aug 23, 2000, 9:05 AM
> >
>
> >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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