espalier

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.

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

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

Seth paused at the white steps leading up to the gazebo to pluck a piece of fruit from an espalier.

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