‘Winter Gem’ Apple Tree

‘Winter Gem’ Apple Tree

• This sweetly aromatic, attractive apple is one of the best flavoured new apple varieties developed by Hugh Ermen in the 1990s, a cross between Grimes Golden and Cox’s Orange Pippin
• Best eaten fresh – can also be cooked or juiced
• Late season – harvest in October and store for 1-2 months
• Heavy crops of small apples with good pest resistance
• RHS Plants for Pollinators winner
• M26 Rootstock – Max size H3m x W3m Rootstocks restrict the size of a tree to make it more suited to an average gardenMORE
• Not self fertile – Pollination Group 3 Requires pollination by another apple tree within a mile’s radius. They need to flower at the same time. Apples in the same pollination group, or one either side, can pollinate each other. In built up areas it is unlikely that there won’t be a suitable pollination partner within a mileMORE
• Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming “leggy”, and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE