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Apple ‘Winter Gem’

Original price was: £54.99.Current price is: £38.49.

SKU: D2FPD 1699875325 Categories: Apples, Fruit, Plants Tag: WAITROSE

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Position: Full sun
Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
Rate of growth: Average
Flowering period: April to May
Hardiness: Fully hardy

‘Winter Gem’ has an exceptional apple flavour with the perfect mix of sweetness and juiciness. A late-season dessert apple with crisp flesh and a rich, aromatic flavour. The fruit is greenish-yellow flushed and striped with red, ripening in mid-autumn and storing to mid-spring.

Pollination information: This apple belongs to pollination group 3, however it is partially self fertile, so does not need a pollinating partner to produce a crop of apples. For a bumper crop, it can be cross-pollinated with other apples in this group.

Garden care:

Keep the base of the tree weed free, fertilise at the beginning of each year and water regularly during hot, dry spells. The main prune should be done in the winter as long as it isn’t frosty or freezing. Take out the 3Ds (dead, dying and diseased wood) and create an open shape. Then reduce the leaders back by a third. Aim to create an airy structure without any crisscrossing branches. Summer prune in August by shortening any side shoots (or laterals) which are longer than 20cm back to three leaves. This will allow the sun to ripen the fruit and encourage more fruit buds. Make sure that the growth you’re cutting away feels firm to the touch.