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the plum that skipped the glow-up and stayed gorgeously, unapologetically green when ripe
means A small, round variety of plum with sweet, richly flavoured flesh that stays green or yellow-green even when fully ripe.
from Named for Sir William Gage, an English landowner whose family introduced the green plum to Britain in the early 18th century — the popular tale says the original French labels were lost, so the fruit was simply dubbed 'green Gage.' The variety itself descends from the French 'Reine Claude,' named after Queen Claude, wife of François I.
- sweet trap
- Looks unripe, tastes like honeyed sunshine
- name origin
- Named for Sir William Gage, 1700s collector
- french roots
- Known as Reine Claude after a queen
- sugar bomb
- Among the sweetest plums ever cultivated
- short season
- Ripens for mere weeks, then vanishes
greengage plum — european fruit tree (prunus italica) named after sir william gage who introduced it to england in the 1720s
greengage jam — traditional british preserve made from greengage plums, especially popular in the cotswolds and kent orchards