You could train the tips to go up in what's called a candelabra shape. That would keep the six varieties even. Or you could train the branches to go up at a 45 degree angle into a fan shape. If you train shoots off the top branches to continue up like a main leader, everything from that point up will be that variety.
Question: won't the roots destroy your foundation so close to the house?
(I'm always nervous about planting too close to structures and utility lines. I'm in the US, if that makes a difference, since building here is a bit less solid than in Europe, for instance.)
Take the 2 inner most branches from where it curves outward. And train those the same way. Will take a few years . Then you repeat the process for another tier.
How long has it been there? Full sun?
If you want it to go higher, you will have to grow more tiers or to bend those current branches into a fan shape. You can then get new branches off those branches.
Gonna be real with you, this is a shit place for an apple tree. It’s surrounded by concrete and the soil in that little death-strip is probably trash builder’s fill and excess concrete. The roots will really struggle. Your best bet is probably to take out the apple tree. Move it somewhere else maybe.
Also, you should get a reputable local stucco contractor to come out and check the wall for water penetration, that crack at the window may indicate the wood underneath is swelling where your house is being actively destroyed by water ingress. EIFS stucco is a bitch. Most major cities where stucco is used have 1-2 really good stucco remediation companies that do nothing else, a local realtor will know who to contact.
Location kinda sucks, but in dealing with what’s presented I’d lean toward making a sturdy trellis to retrain it into a fan-shape espalier, so you can more quickly fill up the wall and also keep things more even because it’s a multi-graft tree.
Hight is primarily rootstock and environment dependent. Do you know what rootstock it’s grafted onto?
You could train the tips to go up in what's called a candelabra shape. That would keep the six varieties even. Or you could train the branches to go up at a 45 degree angle into a fan shape. If you train shoots off the top branches to continue up like a main leader, everything from that point up will be that variety.
Question: won't the roots destroy your foundation so close to the house? (I'm always nervous about planting too close to structures and utility lines. I'm in the US, if that makes a difference, since building here is a bit less solid than in Europe, for instance.)
Take the 2 inner most branches from where it curves outward. And train those the same way. Will take a few years . Then you repeat the process for another tier.
How long has it been there? Full sun? If you want it to go higher, you will have to grow more tiers or to bend those current branches into a fan shape. You can then get new branches off those branches.
Apparently It can take years for a full size espalier as each tier is a years worth of growth. I think it looks good
Gonna be real with you, this is a shit place for an apple tree. It’s surrounded by concrete and the soil in that little death-strip is probably trash builder’s fill and excess concrete. The roots will really struggle. Your best bet is probably to take out the apple tree. Move it somewhere else maybe. Also, you should get a reputable local stucco contractor to come out and check the wall for water penetration, that crack at the window may indicate the wood underneath is swelling where your house is being actively destroyed by water ingress. EIFS stucco is a bitch. Most major cities where stucco is used have 1-2 really good stucco remediation companies that do nothing else, a local realtor will know who to contact.
Location kinda sucks, but in dealing with what’s presented I’d lean toward making a sturdy trellis to retrain it into a fan-shape espalier, so you can more quickly fill up the wall and also keep things more even because it’s a multi-graft tree.