Mystery Fruit Espalier ... SOLVED!
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Mystery Fruit Espalier ... SOLVED!
In 2006 I found a volunteer tree along the fence of our house. Beside it was a split open pit from a plum or peach or? I hoped the seedling came from that pit. We moved from there to here in 2008, so I brought it with us and planted it here. Still not knowing what it was I was growing, I trained the trunk and branches along a horizontal plane in a sort of "candelabra" espalier. My first attempt at espaliering. I was inspired by the work of Axel Erlandson:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=axel+erl ... 66&bih=667
After seven years of growth and plenty of pruning, twine, shearing and of course waiting, we have this:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9608926185/" title="Yellow plum espalier by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3685/9608 ... 1466_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Yellow plum espalier"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9608924961/" title="7 year old espalier, Yellow plum by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/9608 ... cb22_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="7 year old espalier, Yellow plum"></a>
It's a yellow plum tree! And we had about eight plums on it this summer
https://www.google.ca/search?q=axel+erl ... 66&bih=667
After seven years of growth and plenty of pruning, twine, shearing and of course waiting, we have this:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9608926185/" title="Yellow plum espalier by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3685/9608 ... 1466_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="Yellow plum espalier"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9608924961/" title="7 year old espalier, Yellow plum by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/9608 ... cb22_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="7 year old espalier, Yellow plum"></a>
It's a yellow plum tree! And we had about eight plums on it this summer
Adam
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Wow thats a great job at a first attempt espallier..... How do the plums taste?
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Wow thats a great job at a first attempt espallier..... How do the plums taste?
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Thank you. They are delicious!
Adam
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it's always nice to eat fruit from your own garden.....enjoy.
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Eight years shows a lot of faith and patience, Adam.
Nice job espaliering.
Glad it didn't turn into a chokecherry.
Barb
Nice job espaliering.
Glad it didn't turn into a chokecherry.
Barb
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Lol, Barb. Yeah i'd be upset if it were to become a crabapple.
Adam
Zone pusher7a. Trail runner, marathon racer. Propagator of Yuccas, palms and Pawpaws among others. World traveller. Language collector, lol.
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Latitude: 43°11'00.000" N
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Actually crabapple would've also been a good choice to espalier.
Congrats on promoting the process...becoming a lost art as there's a whole generation who haven't even heard of it.
Barb
Congrats on promoting the process...becoming a lost art as there's a whole generation who haven't even heard of it.
Barb
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