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

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 Mildred Aldrich

The garden was rich with orchard trees and wall fruit, and boasted in particular one golden plum that was the parson's boast and pride.

From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various

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 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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 Hermann Dudley Murphy

This experiment may easily be tried on wall fruit, and has been found to answer.

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 Mary Eaton

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