The Luxury of European Nobility 
Now Available for American Gardens 
Espalier Dwarf Fruit Trees are not a novelty; they 
have been perfected through centuries of garden craft. 
Long ago, horticulturists found that by grafting 
fruit tree scions on certain root stocks, they could 
produce fruit trees which would bear early and not 
become unmanageable. The next step Was to train 
the dwarf tree into a fan shape so that it , could be 
grown against a wall or on a trellis. This resulted in 
the Hollander Palmette, a primitive form of espalier 
tree. 
Gradually, other forms were evolved as shown in 
this folder. 
It was found that the more perfect the symmetry, 
the easier the trees were to take care of. The severe 
training and rigorous pruning also improved the size 
and quality of the fruit. 
Thrifty Old World gardeners found that they could 
utilize space otherwise wasted. They could calculate 
to a nicety the yield from a given space. Always, 
their object was fruit as well as beauty. 
In the United States, Espalier Fruit Trees have until 
recently been considered the luxury of the wealthy. 
On certain estates, they have been grown and ap¬ 
preciated. 
It remained for Henry Leuthardt, America’s pio¬ 
neer espalier specialist, to apply the principle of 
mass production to Espalier Fruit Trees. Mr. 
Leuthardt grows and trains these lovely trees by the 
thousands in all the approved forms. Because he 
produces them in large numbers and applies modern 
labor-saving methods, he can afford to sell them at 
lower prices than such trees have ever been offered 
in America. 
HENRY LEUTHARDT 
Specialist in Dwarf Espalier Fruit Trees 
King Street Port Chester, N. Y. 
