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The greengage is native to Asia Minor, from, it is thought, Armenia.
Greengages are a very sweet green to yellow clingstone fruit similar to a plum, known as the Reine Claude (Prunus domestica Italica) and is considered French, as its first European crops were farmed there. The fruit later became popular in England and North America.
The name Reine Claude was given to the fruit as a compliment to Queen Claude of France, the daughter of Louise XII and Anne of Bretagne. It was more commonly known as la bonne reine.
Its name Green Gage comes from one of the noble English Gage family, possibly either the young Reverend John Gage, of the Chartreuse Monastery in France, or Sir William Gage, or Thomas Gage, a botanist, each of whom is credited with introducing the fruit to England in the sixteenth century.
There is also a tale suggesting the fruit was named by one of the Gage family gardeners after the label fell off the tree during shipment from France.
Greengages today are grown in the US, New Zealand and Australia.
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