Our winter gem apple tree gift is a little gem of a gift the winter gem apple tree is a modern english apple tree that was developed in the 1990s it is the off spring of the coxs orange pippin and the lesser known grimes golden the winter gem produces a green apple with a pretty pink flushed skin it has a sweet aromatic flavour and is great for munching on straight from the tree winter gem apples are ready to harvest in october and will store well into december the winter gem apple tree