Fruit trees, especially apples, are common roadside trees in the Czech republic, quiet country roads not motorways though. Unlike British people, many Czechs can actually be bothered to go out and pick them. Indeed don't grow fruit too close to your fence in that country if you want to eat it yourself - fruit within reach of passers-by is considered fair game. In Britain, many people don't even seem to be bothered to pick the fruit in their own garden.