Mike and Appleseed - Thanks for the compliments; I’m hoping it will continue along smoothly. I have others that are not going so well, and some even died this summer.
But having some trees doing exactly what I hoped for keeps the spirits up!
Attached below is a drawing for what I planned for that espalier. While my overall multigraft plan is in constant flux, right now I’m planning on cutting the leader over to a piece of Reine de Reinettes in the spring, then forming the 5th angled tier and the little tophat section from that.
I’m still a pretty inexperienced grafter but I have done some successful ones on wild trees on the bikepath I take to work. Hopefully a whip and tongue at the top like that will take off relatively easily.