[Sca-cooks] Re: Peacefull Cloisters, was Backyards in NYC

[Kirrily Robert]

In lists.sca.sca-cooks, you wrote:
> Sounds good! We'll all have a Cloisters party under a rock at Ft. Tryon.
> Then, those who are interested can climb down the cliff with me, stand
> on the banks of the Hudson, see enough rocks and choppy water to last
> you the rest of your lives. Then we can climb back up the cliff near my
> house, and understand why medieval (and modern) forts were built on top
> of cliffs, when they were available.  ( I live at the site of a
> Revolutionary War fort. Some things hadn't changed... You mean you want
> to be able to breathe when you attack?) We'll finish up in a peaceful
> cloister, reflecting... looking at the (I forget what they call it
> spread out on a wall) fruit trees and the herb garden. And the period
> drinking glass that looks just like a sugar bowl I own!

Fruit tree against a wall is called "espalier".  There's a photo of the
pear tree "en espalier" at the Cloisters on my webpage somewhere... take
a look at http://infotrope.net/tmp/newphotos/ for the ones called
"cloistersN.jpg".

Yours,

Katherine

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