Espalier is a French word which refers to a growing technique for trees. It comes from the Italian "spalliera" meaning to rest the shoulder against. It's a good technique for growing fruit trees when space is limited. When we went to George Washington's place at Mt. Vernon, he had a walled off garden area with several of these trees. I started my nectarine tree two years ago. Each year a new row is tied to the trestle. As you can see I have two rows and I'm waiting for this spring to tie down the third row.
I know it's a bit ghetto, but it's my first. One day it'll look like this:
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