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

The espalier technique I will describe can also be applied to white currants and gooseberries.

From Washington Times

She has planted an Asian pear tree, shaped in espalier to hide a storage area under the deck.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times

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