These Picturesque Dwarf-Trained Fruit Trees 
T HESE beautiful and adaptable Trees will give a note of distinction to your home. They 
scarcely take up any room. You can grow flowers and vegetables to their very feet. 
When trained on walls' they cast no additional shade but allow the sunshine to pour into 
your garden. There is room in the smallest garden for at least a few of these miniature 
orchards. 
Plant Espalier Fruit Trees along walls with south, east or west exposures. Train them 
on trellises for screens. Use them for bordering garden walks. 
Espalier Trees Are Easy to Care for 
The difficult part, the training, has already been done. Espalier Trees require less care 
than other Fruit Trees. A careful pruning twice a year will keep the Trees growing in the 
proper shape. The Trees are very easy to spray, and fruit can be readily harvested. 
Attract Attention Throughout Long Season 
Espalier Fruit Trees are fascinating from the time the first pink of the flower buds show 
in the spring until the fine ripe fruit has been harvested. At flowering time, the walls are 
a bower of beauty. They are equally attractive when the richly colored fruit ripens. 
v A Dividend-Paying Investment 
Aside from their beauty and charm, Espalier Fruit Trees are a good investment. In 
Europe, where they have been grown for centuries, the primary object is fruit rather than 
display. The severe pruning required is just what is needed to make the Trees bear highly 
colored, large-sized fruit. As the trees grow in size, the fruit crops gradually increase. When 
properly cared for, Espalier Fruit Trees often live for 75 years or more, paying their owners 
annual dividends in fruit of the highest quality. 
Espalier Trees and Their Uses 
The Single U-Form Espalier shown below and the Double-U 
Form shown above are useful Espalier types, and they are 
adaptable to Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, Nectarines and 
Apricots. 
The Single-U Form is especially useful for training on 
leaders at the corners of a building. It is also very effective 
when placed in series between windows, as shown in the illus¬ 
tration. We have seen a U-Form Peach Tree bear 170 large 
peaches. 
The width between the arms of a single U-Form is usually 
from 15 to 16 inches on Apple and Pear Trees and 24 inches 
on Peaches and Nectarines. It can be trained to any height 
desired, up to 10 ft. A simple practical form, suitable for 
many purposes. 
The Double-U Form Espalier Tree is used for covering 
wide areas of wall, also for training on arbors and pergolas. 
They make very fine, practical trees, bearing generous crops of 
choice fruit. An Apple or Pear Double-U Form Tree will 
cover a wall space about 5 feet in width; a Peach or Nectaiine 
Tree of the same form will cover a wall space from 6 to 8 feet 
in width. 
On large areas, the Double U-Form and the Single-U 
Form can be used effectively in combination. 
On request, we’ll quote you a price on the four-fold U-Form. 
This is a rare form in America but has been used very effec¬ 
tively on French mansions. It is extremely decorative and is 
especially adapted for covering wide areas of wall space. 
HENRY LEUTHARDT KING STREET (Opposite 
DOUBLE U-FORM PEACH TREE 
This shows the tree, exactly as it will appear when 
first planted. Note the long horizontal members and 
the sharp angles. This formation is characteristic of 
Peach and Nectarine Espalier Trees only. 
U-Form 
Now Available to American Home-Owners 
6-Armed Palmette Verrier Pear Tree As Supported on Wires Against Garage Wall 
Palmette Verrier 
Trees 
The Four, Six and Eight-Armed Palm¬ 
ette Verrier Forms are available only in 
Apples, Plums and Pears. All of these 
are used on wide areas of wall space, on 
trellises and pergolas. 
The Four-Armed Palmette Verrier 
differs from the Double-U form in the 
pattern of its branches. The two forms 
are used for identical purposes. We sug¬ 
gest that as a matter of interest and va¬ 
riety, you use the Palmette Verrier form 
in the fruits in which it is available, 
using the Double-U Form for the other 
fruits. 
The Six and Eight-Armed Forms are 
masterpieces of the art of Espalier Train¬ 
ing. They are used where wide areas 
are to be covered. 
The Palmette Verrier is a very satis¬ 
factory form, easily kept to true shape. 
A Four-Armed Palmette covers a space 
about four feet wide, the Six-Armed, six 
feet, the Eight-Armed, eight feet. 
Fan-Shaped and Fancy 
Espalier Trees 
The first Espalier Trees were fan-shaped, as this is the 
simplest departures from the natural form. These fan¬ 
shaped Trees are remarkably attractive when in bloom, 
and again when in fruit. They bear as much as any 
dwarf tree should be allowed to bear, and the fruit is 
of superior quality. 
Fan-shaped Espalier Trees are usually planted along 
a wide wall space. They may also be planted in a row 
to form an attractive screen. 
We list here the more usual Espalier forms. These 
can be combined at will into a great number of inter¬ 
esting patterns. We can also supply specially trained 
forms where some particular effect is to be achieved. 
8-Armed Palmette Verrier Espalier Tree, Widest Form As Trained in the Nursery 
Comly Avenue) 
PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK 
