espalier

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Unless you’re growing a multigraft espalier, or your neighbors have apple trees in their garden, to get good fruit set, you’ll need to plant more than one variety so the trees can cross-pollinate.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023

A series of espalier fruit trees — apple and pear — creates a fence-like frame behind the boxes.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018

Rinne will have a lot to show and share, like the berry bushes, grape arbors and espalier apple trees, so symmetrical they look like candelabras.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2017

Seth paused at the white steps leading up to the gazebo to pluck a piece of fruit from an espalier.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The Japanese varieties can also be grown on trellises or walls, but the freer forms, such as the fan espalier used for the peach, are better suited to their habits of growth.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.