The tree has a nicely developed trunk and it'll look quite handsome with careful pruning. Planted a Christmas present greengage tree (about 2 an da half metres tall) in our meadow in the winter. The fruits are green with juicy yellow flesh and an excellent rich flavour. Greeny yellow fruit with a delicate firm flesh come in . A reliable cropper. The divinely flavoured Victoria Plum is quite likely the most famous fruit tree ever raised, certainly for garden growing. Use 4cm square netting to protect fruit from birds and fruitbats; standard 1cm square bird netting can injure or kill birds. Yes No. Thanks! To save some time for many of you reading this, I can confirm that the two most common plum trees, Victoria and Czar, are self-fertile and do not need a pollination partner to set fruit. Oullins Golden Gage - Greengage Trees. The fruit has inspired a film, The Greengage Summer (called The Loss of Innocence in the USA) which is a 1961 British drama film set in France. Tree size as supplied varies but is usually between 3.5' - 4.5' on despatch. Picking time – mid August Pollination group – D. Compare. I have a 3 year old greengage tree which has never been pruned. A center trunk does not make much difference in the production of fruit; it just means the tree will not get much taller unless you encourage a branch to become the central leader. Plums, gages and damsons are a wonderful choice of tree to grow in the garden as in favourable conditions they will crop reliably, producing masses of fruit year after year. (European plums, gages, damsons, cherry plums, mirabelles, bullaces will usually cross-pollinate if their flowering times overlap). Our plum trees are grafted onto St. Julien ‘A’ rootstock, which will produce a tree with medium vigour that can be trained into a bush, cordon, pyramid or fan. 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