The greengages are a group of cultivars of the common European plum. The first true greengage was bred in Moissac, France, from a green-fruited wild plum ('Canerik') originally found in Asia Minor; that original greengage cultivar nowadays survives in an almost unchanged form as the cultivar 'Reine Claude Verte'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greengage
Description/Taste. The Greengage plum is deceptive in its looks, with colors of granny smith apples (suggesting tartness) mottled with fair rust colored dots and an unassuming petit apricot size. What is revealed is a historically excellent fruit, complex in taste and texture. The Greengage plum has an amber green flesh nearly the same color of its skin, its texture unsurpassed in its tender firm quality, bursting with syrup-like juices when ripe.
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The Oxford English Dictionary regards gage and greengage as synonyms. However, not all gages are green, and some horticulturists make a distinction between the two words, with greengages as a variety of the gages, scientifically named Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greengage
Now that the frest fruit season is rapidly apprach I was wondering if anyone out there could define exactly what is a greengage.
https://www.chowhound.com/post/greengages-green-plums-512283#!
Greengages are beautiful, oval-shaped plums with either green or light gold skin. They may also be more commonly called Reine Claude, since they were domesticated in France. Outside of France, especially in English speaking countries all drupaceous fruits of the Prunus genus can sometimes be referred to as gages.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-greengages.htm
The Greengage is a cultivar of plum with a delightful taste and beautiful confectionary flavor. These fruits were first developed in the Moissac commune in France from Ganerik which is a wild plum species with green fruits native to Asia Minor. Sir William Gage was the first person to introduce these plums into Britain in 1724. Greengage.
http://www.onlyfoods.net/greengage.html
Plum job: A juicy guide to greengages and plums. Neither selfishness nor greed is a pretty sight, so I got up at crack of dawn to indulge in the first greengage binge of the year. When we moved here, we planted an orchard of pears and plummish things and the trees are now beginning to bear good crops.
http://www.independent.co.uk/property/gardening/plum-job-a-juicy-guide-to-greengages-and-plums-2335370.html
Trying to make sure that I know which plum im getting is beginning to give me a headache, and has actually stopped me from trying to order trees for my home as i now have no idea if what i'm going to get it what I want (I know of at least one compay that is selling plum trees labeled greengages which have red fruit!)
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See how to cook greengage plums. Greengages are a type of pale green plum with sweet, juicy, golden flesh. They are fairly high in pectin and are therefore fantastic for jams and jellies. Always try to use under ripe fruit as it contains more pectin than the riper plums and is slightly less sweet which is good when using large quantities of sugar as in jam making.
http://www.greatbritishchefs.com/how-to-cook/how-to-make-greengage-jam
The Independent Online. Neither selfishness nor greed is a pretty sight, so I got up at crack of dawn to indulge in the first greengage binge of the year. When we moved here, we planted an orchard of pears and plummish things and the trees are now beginning to bear good crops.
http://www.independent.co.uk/property/gardening/plum-job-a-juicy-guide-to-greengages-and-plums-2335370.html
what is greengage
The greegage is a type of pale green plum with sweet, juicy, golden flesh. Greengage is a type of pale green plum with sweet, juicy, golden flesh.