Gage ‘Cambridge’

One of the most popular greengage varieties, ‘Cambridge Gage’ is a classic English gage producing heavy crops of juicy, honey-flavoured fruits. The small yellow-green fruit are of excellent quality and are superb both eaten fresh or made into jam. Very reminiscent of a heritage gage whilst being self-fertile and a more reliable cropper, gage ‘Cambridge’ holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit. It forms a compact tree that shouldn’t need any pruning.

• Pollination Group: D – Self-fertile (though maximum yield is achieved when planted with a pollinator such as ‘Victoria’, ‘Czar’ or ‘Majorie’s Seedling’)
• Rootstock: St Julien A (semi-vigorous) reaching an ultimate height of 4-5m
• Use: Dessert or culinary
• Cropping period: Mid-season (late August)
• Flowering period: May

Useful links:

How to grow fruit trees

Fruit rootstock guide