A companion to British arboriculture

cultivated tree form (fruit trees)

Tree forms for top fruit trees are developed and maintained by training and pruning (including heading back), and are broadly divisible into two-dimensional forms including the cordon, step-over, espalier and fan, and three-dimensional forms. Three-dimensional forms either have a centre leader or an open centre.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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