Anna Spath

A dual purpose purple plum with good flavour and reliable cropping

Origin: Hungary, 1870

Pollination: Anna Spath is partially self-fertile and would produce some crop without a pollinator but would benefit considerably from a pollinator.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Anna Spath

Discovered at Kadoszbeg, Hungary in 1870 and introduced by Spath of Berlin in 1874.

Medium large, oval-oblong purple fruit with good flavour. Free stone. Can be used as both a dessert and culinary plum.

Vigorous upright tree bearing good crops.

Characteristics of Anna Spath plum and gage trees

Use	Dual Cul & Des
Colour	Purple
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	L Sep
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Upright
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	21
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Partially self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners