Plum Anna Shpet

Plum Anna Shpet
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: L. Shpet (Germany)
  • Year of approval: 1947
  • Growth type: vigorous
  • Crown: wide pyramidal, dense
  • Fruit size: very large
  • Fruit weight, g: 45
  • Fruit shape: oval and broadly ovate, isosceles
  • Fruit color: main - light yellow, integumentary - red-violet, solid
  • Skin : thin, dense, easily removable, with a thick waxy coating, without pubescence
  • Pulp (consistency): juicy, transparent, tender, melting
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Plum Anna Shpet boasts large tasty fruits, it is widespread in Russia. The crop begins to yield in the third year from the moment it is planted in the garden. The variety is characterized by high productivity.

Description of the variety

Since 1947, this variety has been approved for use. Its fruits are consumed both fresh and can be used for processing.

The plant is vigorous, the crown is always dense and has a wide pyramidal shape.

Fruit characteristics

The fruits of Anna Shpet are very large, sometimes up to 45 grams. The main color is yellow, there is a cover color, it is a red-violet hue.

The fruit of this variety has a thin skin, and the pulp is tender and juicy.

Taste qualities

The fruit of Anna Shpet tastes sweet and has a pleasant sourness.

Ripening and fruiting

Plum belongs to late, blooms only in April, fruits ripen by September. The tree bears fruit regularly.

After planting a plum sapling on the site, of course, the question of the beginning of the fruiting of the tree always arises. Most varieties of plums begin to bear fruit 4 years after the seedling is planted. However, there are those that differ in an earlier or later period of fruiting. The difference in the beginning of fruiting is determined by the color of the plum. So, purple varieties always begin to bear fruit earlier - by 2-4 years, but yellow varieties differ in later fruiting.

Yield

The yield is high.

Growing regions

Anna Shpet is grown mainly in the North Caucasus and in the Lower Volga region.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

The plant is partially self-fertile.

Growing and care

Planting on calcareous soils is not recommended, since the tree suffers from chlorosis.

The richest crops are usually harvested in well-ventilated, warm areas with high-quality irrigation, where the pH is 5.5-6.5. Black soil or not very heavy soils are well suited for growing plums. Additional irrigation is not required in places where the annual rainfall is at least 600 mm per year, while the groundwater should not go higher than 1 meter to the root system of the plant. Plums Anna Shpet tolerate frosts down to -25 degrees.

Before planting seedlings, it is recommended to scatter compost over the area, which should then be dug up from the ground to the height of a shovel. It improves the structure of the soil, both heavy and too light. A good way to prepare the base for the plum of this variety is to plant siderates. Mustard and beans are suitable, which are then crushed and dug up with soil. This is a good nitrogen fertilizer, which makes it possible to obtain a high-quality site for planting young seedlings.

Plums Anna Shpet are best planted in autumn, since specimens planted in the soil in spring require abundant watering. The planting pit should have a diameter of about 40 cm and a depth of 30 cm.It should be remembered that the grafting site is always located above the ground surface. Before placing a seedling in open ground, it is worth cutting off its roots and soaking them in water. If several specimens are planted, care must be taken that the distance between them is 2-3 by 4 m. After planting, the young tree is watered abundantly. Before the onset of frost, it is worth mulching the trunk circle with straw.

In the first spring after planting, Anna Shpet plums are fed with saltpeter, which is used in a dose of 30 g per tree. In the second half of June, we spread the second dose of fertilizers and mulch the ground around with bark, sawdust or manure. The advantage of wet manure is that it helps reduce water evaporation. To prevent nitrogen leakage, cover all fertilizers with a layer of earth.

Young Anna Shpet plums require regular watering. It is especially important to monitor the condition of the soil during a drought.

When growing plums of this variety, pruning begins in the first year after planting. At the beginning, the trunk is removed if it has grown strongly. Its length should be 70-90 cm. During the first two years, the crown does not require formation, with the exception of harvesting diseased, dry, overlapping shoots.

Pruning plums for 4 years and then done in the spring. The best result can be achieved if the procedure is carried out twice a year - both in spring and autumn. In the spring, it is better to engage in the formation of the crown of Anna Shpet, and in the summer to reduce the strongly growing annual shoots. The trunk is reduced every year by 50-60 cm above the upper ring, and young shoots are also removed.

If the tree is rejuvenated, then, on the contrary, young strong branches are left, and the old ones are cut off, but not immediately, but the procedure is stretched for several years.

For normal development and timely release to fruiting, the plum must be planted at a favorable time, provided with food and water. It is necessary to choose the right seedling, determine the location, prepare the planting pit in advance.
If you wish to get a full harvest in the future, and to renew the tree, the plum is grafted onto crops that are classified as pink. In this case, the plum cuttings are implanted on the mother plant, which will be responsible for further vegetation and nutrition of the scion.
Pruning plums is not easy and very important. If it is not carried out, the number of branches on the tree will be excessive, the crown will become too thick, the fruits will begin to shrink. You can trim plums in spring, summer and fall.
Plum feeding is one of the important stages of fruit crop care. In order to properly and fully feed the plum tree, various types of fertilizers are used. Both mineral and organic options are used. Many of the folk remedies are found to be useful and effective.

Disease and pest resistance

Anna Shpet has low resistance to moniliosis, therefore, mandatory treatment with fungicides is required. Neem oil, garlic infusion, or insecticidal soap, from which a spray solution is prepared, can help against insect attacks.

The brown rot of stone fruit trees infects Anna Shpet through flowers that turn brown and dry. Similar changes can be seen on the shoots. During wet spring we use Topsin M 500 SC as a spray before flowering. If necessary, we repeat the procedure at the turn of May and June, together with Troy 250.

If a tree is affected by a mosaic, it means that preventive treatment for aphids, which is the main carrier of the virus, has not been carried out.

As for bacterial cancer, there is no defense against it. We only remove the infected shoots and cover the wounds with garden pitch.

Calypso 480 helps a lot against aphids and many other insects that infect Anna Shpet in different growing seasons.

Despite the fact that plum is considered more hardy than many fruit trees, it is not immune from diseases. It is attacked by viral, fungal and bacterial infections, and parasitic insects harm it. It is necessary to notice and recognize the signs of plum disease in time. They are easier to deal with and defeat early on. Well, in order to protect the garden tree from such a misfortune in the future, preventive procedures can be carried out.

Resistance to soil and climatic conditions

Winter hardiness and heat resistance of the described variety are average.

Reproduction of plums will help save on planting material: you do not have to pay money for a seedling. In addition, this activity is simple and exciting. Plum can be propagated by cuttings, root shoots and layering.
Main characteristics
Authors
L. Shpet (Germany)
Year of approval
1947
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Appointment
for fresh consumption, for various types of processing, dessert
Yield
high
Wood
Growth type
vigorous
Crown
wide pyramidal, dense
Escapes
straight, brown, no pubescence
Leaves
elongated-oval, less than medium in size, light green, flat, loose, thin, dull above, weak pubescence below, absent above
Flowers
large, white, flat, double, bell-shaped
Fruit
Fruit size
very large
Fruit weight, g
45
Fruit shape
oval and broadly ovate, isosceles
Fruit color
main - light yellow, integumentary - red-violet, solid
Subcutaneous points
gray, numerous
Abdominal suture
wide, shallow, inconspicuous
Skin
thin, dense, easily removable, with a thick waxy coating, without pubescence
Pulp (consistency)
juicy, transparent, tender, melting
Pulp color
from greenish yellow to golden
Taste
sweet, with pleasant sourness
Bone size
average
Separability of the bone from the pulp
good
Fruit composition
dry substances - 15.7%, sugars - 9.9%, acids - 0.73%, sugar-acid index 13.56, pectin substances - 0.80%, polyphenols - 384 mg / 100g, ascorbic acid - 6.5 mg / 100g
Growing
Self-fertility
partially self-fertile
Winter hardiness
average
Heat resistance
average
Soil requirement
on calcareous soils, it suffers greatly from chlorosis
Growing regions
North Caucasian, Nizhnevolzhsky
Resistance to moniliosis
low
Maturation
Early maturity
for 3-5 years
Ripening terms
late
Flowering time
in the middle of April
Fruiting period
at the end of September
Regularity of fruiting
regular
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