Thanks, John. My project is definitely still in the scrappy and scraggly stage at this point, but I’m happy to send along a few pictures of the fence that’s a little further along.
The fence faces south and runs east to west. For reference, this is currently the overall arrangement:
East endpost: Edward VII
Court Pendu Plat
Post: Hunt Russet
Roxbury Russet
Ashmead’s Kernel (started to go downhill last year and unfortunately seems to be pining for the fjords)
Roxbury Russet
Post: Kidd’s Orange Red
Pitmaston Pineapple
Adams Pearmain
Gray Pearmain
Post: Black Oxford
Westfield Seek No Further
Wheeler’s Golden Russet
Westfield Seek No Further
Post: Black Oxford
American Beauty
Mother
Reine des Reinettes
Post: Kidd’s Orange Red
Orleans Reinette
Hoople’s Antique Gold
(G41 rootstock that I plan to graft to Orleans Reinette next year)
Post: (space for Claygate Pearmain that I grafted this year - hopefully…)
Cornish Aromatic
West endpost: Old Nonpareil
I extended the endposts this spring and moved a few things around on the outer panels (partly bringing in trees that I grafted last year). As you can see, I still have a few spaces to fill in and will probably end up doing some more adjustments down the line, but it gives you the general idea.
Here is a view looking down the fence from east to west:
Here is a view of a panel looking toward the street:
Here is a view of the same panel (I think) looking from the street:
I believe that is Black Oxford-Westfield-Wheeler’s-Westfield-Black Oxford. As you can see, the diamond pattern isn’t perfect, though you don’t notice it so much in person. I’m not necessarily going for perfection, but I’ll probably tinker with it a bit this spring, and I also have to do a little work extending/replacing some of the bamboo, especially where the trees are starting to outgrow the lattice. (Wheeler’s Golden Russet and Black Oxford have been among my more vigorous trees, Wheeler’s especially.)
Here is a view of one of the black locust endposts with part of the lattice under construction:
Here is a closeup that shows the bamboo tied onto the wire and the tree tied on to the bamboo:
And finally, just for kicks, here is a closeup of some of our first flower buds:
These are on Reine des Reinettes. There are also a couple on Wheeler’s and a couple more on the Blue Pearmain that’s in the fence that I’m working on in the back yard.
Very much a work in progress, but that’s what it looks like as of today. (When we moved in, the landscaping consisted of crabgrass, a Norway maple, a euonymus, and several dozen scraggly yew bushes, so all things considered I feel like we’ve taken it in a positive direction.)