Reine Claude de Bavay Gage Back To List Gage 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 Self-fertility: Self-fertile Picking month: September Pollination group: Pollination group 2 Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Lindsey Gage Gage One of the sweetest and tastiest of gages and less prone to cracking. Round, small to medium sized. Full Details Violet Gage This is an unusual ‘purple’ gage of excellent dessert flavour, round medium fruit, clingstone. Full Details Reine Claude Doree Gage Round, green-yellow appearance. Firm, juicy and sweet; deliciously flavoured. Crops reliably well. Full Details Old Greengage Gage Selected by the RHS for its excellent old fashioned flavour and more reliable crops. Partially self fertile. Full Details
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