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Artisan: branching out with living sculptures.

The fine art of espalier, by the Leuthardt masters

Rows of trees in fantastic shapes greet visitors entering the Henry Leuthardt Nursery in East Moriches. Some resemble candelabras, with two or three pairs of U-shaped arms. Others form simple vertical or horizontal lines. Some have branches splayed out like a lady's fan. Most amazing of all is a group of trees whose diagonal branches interlace to form a grid of diamond-shaped spaces.

These trees are not the magical creations of some woodland wizard. They're espaliered fruit trees, grown and trained by three generations of the Leuthardt family. On this rainy winter day their intricate forms, free of leaves or fruit, ...

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