Bavay’s Green Gage Plum

Bavay’s Green Gage Plum

15 Gallon
$199.00
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Bavay’s Green Gage Plum

Prunus domestica ‘Bavay’s Green Gage’

Legendary Heirloom Flavor • Unmatched Honey-Sweet Complexity • The Gourmet's Plum

$199.00
Container sizeSize guide 15 Gallon

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Description

Bavay’s Green Gage Plum is the pinnacle of heirloom European plum flavor, a variety whispered about with reverence by fruit enthusiasts. This exquisite gage plum bears small to medium, round fruit with translucent green skin that reveals amber, melting flesh of unimaginable sweetness and rich, honeyed complexity. The flavor is often described as sublime, with spicy, floral, and apricot notes. While its appearance is humble, its taste is regal, making it the ultimate choice for fresh eating and creating preserves of extraordinary quality.

  • Universally acclaimed as one of the finest-tasting plums in the world, with a rich, spicy-honey flavor.

  • Fruit is small to medium, round, with translucent greenish-yellow skin that may show a faint blush.

  • Flesh is amber, tender, juicy, and freestone with a melting, luxurious texture.

  • Self-pollinating, but benefits from a pollinator for optimal fruit set.

  • A moderately productive tree, more reliable in mild-winter climates than the standard 'Green Gage'.

  • An heirloom treasure for the discerning gardener who values flavor above all else.

Flavor Profile:

  • Flavor: Exceptionally rich, sweet, and complex with pronounced honey, floral, and spicy notes.

  • Texture: Tender, melting, and exceptionally juicy.

  • Best Uses: The ultimate fresh-eating plum, best enjoyed straight from the tree. Also makes uniquely flavored, exquisite jams, brandies, and desserts.

Quick Facts

  • Features:Foliage: Oval leaves with fine serrations, bright green in color.Flowers: Five-petaled white blossoms in spring (self-fertile but benefits from cross-pollination with other European plum varieties).Fruit: Medium-sized, oval shape with smooth green skin and amber flesh.Flavor: Exceptionally sweet with rich, complex flavors and a juicy, melting texture
  • Mature Height: 12-15 ft
  • Mature Width: 10-12 ft
  • Key Advantages:Heirloom quality: Considered one of the finest European dessert plums since the 19th century.Dual purpose: Excellent for fresh eating, canning, and culinary uses.Reliable producer: Heavy crops when properly pollinated.Disease resistant: More tolerant of plum pests than many modern varieties
  • Landscape Uses:Orchard planting.Edible landscaping.Pollinator gardens (early spring blooms benefit bees)

Faqs

Q: Why is it so special?
A: Its flavor profile is in a class of its own—more complex, aromatic, and intensely sweet than almost any other plum. It represents an old-world standard of taste that is rarely matched.

Q: Does it need a pollinator?
A: While technically self-fertile, it is known to set heavier, more reliable crops when cross-pollinated with another European plum such as 'Italian Prune', 'Stanley', or another gage variety.

Q: Is it the same as 'Green Gage'?
A: 'Bavay’s' is a specific, superior selection of the Green Gage type, often noted for being more productive and better-adapted, especially in warmer climates, than the original, sometimes finicky 'Reine Claude' (Green Gage). The legendary flavor is the same.

📍 Primary Delivery Area · San Francisco Bay Area

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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