look up "backyard orchard culture" The thing about dwarf trees is the sellers on the web say "can easily be maintained at 4-6 feet" that means you have to do the work to keep it that small. A dwarf tree will still reach 8,10,12 feet tall.

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It was my understanding that the Lilbig trees were on M-27 rootstock. Just an FYI that they

runt out easily of allowed to bear fruit early. The advise I always heard was to keep them

vegetative and stake them to get to 4'-5' tall before allowing any fruit to form. IF not they

may go into heavy fruit bearing mode and not reach any significant size. I don't grow apples on M-27 but just passing the info along if it helps.