espalier
Example Sentences
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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
Attend to the trees lately planted, and water them often; and whatever good shoots they make, fasten them to the wall or espalier.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
