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
They had conceived the idea of making in the espalier wall an archway, through which the prospect could be seen.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
