My Belgian Fence Apple Espaliers

Still much training to be done to get the lovely diamond shapes and then the yummy apples!!! Mmmm! Can’t wait!

Apple varieties include:

• Jonagold–high quality; striking appearance. Sweet but tart with juicy flesh. October.
  
• Early McIntosh–a cross between regular McIntosh and Yellow Transparent; very similar to McIntosh. For dessert and cooking. Keeps October til December.
• Tolman Sweet–Hardy, healthy, productive variety. Fruit attractive yellow color with a blush of red. Good quality. Best of the sweet apples. October.
• R.I. Greening–Green, later yellow; good for dessert or cooking. Keeps October til March.
• Northern Spy–Red, tender, crispy, juicy. Very good to best for cooking or dessert. Keeps November to February.
• Grimes Golden–Beautiful rich golden color. Firm but crisp and tender, pleasantly acifulous flavor, pleasant aroma. Very good to best. Keeps November to January.
• plus four more I haven’t deciphered the tags of yet