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Medlar Mespilus germanica tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows tree in fruit

Plum Prunus domestica tree pen and ink with colour wash

Plum tree in fruit, showing purple fruit and fallen fruit on the ground

Peach tree Prunus persica tree in fruit showing tree form and peaches on branches and on ground.

Peach tree Prunus persica tree in fruit showing tree form and peaches on branches and on ground.

Plum Prunus prunus pen and ink illustration with watercolour wash.  Showing details of half plum with stone, and white blossom on twig.

Pear Pyrus domestica fruit with leaves on branch

Pear Pyrus domestica tree showing typical sideways growth habit

Orange Citrus sinensis fruit and half fruit with one leaf

Orange Citrus sinensis tree in fruit showing typical growth habit

Quince Cydonia oblonga fruit and half fruit with one leaf

Established quince tree showing growth form and bearing fruit

Two ripe Cox pippin apples on a twig with leaves

Apple tree showing an old orchard specimen

Plum Prunus domestica line drawing with detail of half fruit and plum blossom

Cherry Prunus avium pen and ink botanical illustration.

Damson Prunus domestica subsp. insititia line drawing with details of fruit and blossom

Crab apple Malus sylvestris pen and ink illustration

Kentish fillbasket apple Malus close up of the apples with several leaves behind

Planting a tree and making sure the hole is large enough for the root ball and the substrate is soft compost and soil, then ensuring the young tree is supported with an appropriate stake

Planting a fruit tree and providing it with suitable support

Example of a fruit tree grown into a bush pattern, in this case an apple

Examples of four different patterns of fruit tree trained growth type including espalier, step over espalier, dwarf pyramid, and a small standard. Apple trees.

Example of a fruit tree grown into a step over or low espalier type or pattern