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Originally Posted by farmerjumperdon
That's cool, the espalier thing. I've thought about doing that with peaches. Don't know if they lend themselves to it or not but my local nursery guy said there are peach hybrids now that can be grown this far north. Next sentence he mentioned they had to be covered in winter. Seems to be quite the conditional statement. I mean, how many people are going to cover an entire tree every winter?
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From what I read peaches are normally espaliered against a wall in a palmette shape, with the wall helping to collect the extra heat needed, which allows them to grow where it's a bit colder.
It's easier to cover an essentially flat shape than a normal tree, so it is feasable, and is also the recommended practice in Denmark.
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