espalier
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Pregrafted apple espaliers and columnar forms are a boon to small-space gardens.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023
"In Argentina, Chile and China there are immense plantations with the olives grown on espaliers so they can be harvested mechanically," says Pere Solé on his farm at La Bisbal del Penedès in Catalonia.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2012
Apple and plum espaliers "basked upon bricks of brown", and the sounds of playing children drift in from the street beyond the wall – prompting a gloomy fantasy about impending death.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2011
Apples or pears trained as cordons or espaliers, or peaches, nectarines, or cherries in fan forms, will thrive on almost any brick or wooden wall, except those with a northern front.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.
All bush fruits can be grown in such forms as cordons, espaliers, etc.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.
