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

It is very necessary in the case of trees trained to a flat surface, as a wall or espalier rail, to prevent undue crowding.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various