wall fruit

British  

noun

1. fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for the shelter and warmth it provides

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wall fruit

Then the old servant gathered wall fruit for us, and she sent some in his hand to Paul.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

I have wall fruit on the south side and an orchard of plum, pear, and cherry trees on the north side.

From A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 by Aldrich, Mildred

These are a species of slugs covered with shell, and which are very destructive to wall fruit.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

They had originally been set out as wall fruit, within a few feet of the front wall of the house, on its southern side.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

But Saxon used often to come with the Old Squire's Scotch Gardener to see our gardener, and when they were looking at the wall fruit, Saxon used to come snuffing after us.

From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Murphy, Hermann Dudley