Reine Claude de Bavay Gage Back To List Description: This variety is the same as the imported gages we see in the shops. A very reliable cropper and if allowed to ripen on the tree is well flavoured. Green coloured fruits that turn yellow with a light bloom, some fruits have red dots. Flesh is golden yellow, juicy with sweet, rich flavours. History: Raised by Major Esperen in Belgium in 1832 and later introduced in 1843. It was named after de Bavay, Director of the Royal Gardens Vilvoorde. Attributes Uses: Cooking Uses: Eating Pollination group 2 Self-fertility: Self-fertile Picking month: Mid September Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Old Greengage Gage Selected by the RHS for its excellent old fashioned flavour and more reliable crops. Partially self fertile. Full Details Reine Claude Doree Gage Round, green-yellow appearance. Firm, juicy and sweet; deliciously flavoured. Crops reliably well. Full Details Coes Golden Drop Gage Large, yellow gage, oval-shaped with a long neck. Good quality for fresh eating or preserving. Full Details Early Transparent Gage An unusual gage, sweet golden melting flesh, large with attractive red check. A regular and heavy cropper. Full Details
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