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Count Althann’s Gage Plum
Count Althann’s Gage Plum
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Count Althann’s Gage is a nineteenth-century European gage with dusky pink to red fruit, juicy flesh and a rich, sweet flavour. It was raised in Bohemia by Prochaska, gardener to Count Althann, between about 1850 and 1860, and reached England before 1867. It belongs to the Green Gage or Reine Claude group, though a precise pedigree is not established.
The fruit is mainly valued for fresh eating and is a short keeper. It is not self fertile and needs a compatible European plum nearby. Published references place it in flowering group 4; Manitoba harvest timing is still being observed.
Our fall trees are grafted on Cherry Plum (Prunus 'Jeffchum') rootstock.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 4
Botanical name: Prunus domestica
Rootstock: Cherry Plum (Prunus 'Jeffchum')
Pollination: Requires a compatible European plum.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 4
- Fruit
- Dusky pink to red gage plums with juicy fleshRich and sweet. Mainly a fresh eating plum, and a short keeper
- Rootstock
- Grafted on cherry plum rootstockPrunus 'Jeffchum'
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains wellAvoid low spots where frost settles
More about this plant
A red gage from Bohemia
Count Althann's Gage was raised in Bohemia between about 1850 and 1860 by Prochaska, gardener to Count Althann, and reached England before 1867. It belongs to the Green Gage or Reine Claude group, though its exact parentage is not established. Its reddish fruit sets it apart from the familiar green and yellow gages.
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We have not yet recorded when it ripens in Manitoba.
Cold hardinessZone 4 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 4 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
Count Althann's Gage is not self fertile. A German nursery recommends Oullins Gage, Great Green Gage and Hanita as pollinizers for it.
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