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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 flowering at the same time. Published references place it in flowering group 4; Manitoba harvest timing is still being observed.
Our fall trees are grafted on Mustang rootstock.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Botanical name: Prunus domestica
Rootstock: Mustang
Pollination: Requires a compatible European plum with overlapping bloom.
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Growing details
- Fruit
- Dusky pink to red gageJuicy flesh
- Flavour
- Rich and sweetPrimarily a dessert plum
- Origin
- Bohemia, 1850–1860Raised by Prochaska for Count Althann
- Pollination
- Another European plum requiredPublished flowering group 4
More about this plant
A historic red gage
Introduced to England before 1867, this old Bohemian selection is distinguished from familiar green and yellow gages by its reddish fruit.
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 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
Requires a compatible European plum with overlapping bloom.
No exact current catalog partner is published without supported compatibility and bloom overlap.