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Look carefully at the trunk and branch structure of the tree below. See the text below suggested to improve structure.

This tree has good structure until half way up the trunk where it forks into two equal-sized, codominant stems. Stems of equal diameter are not as well connected as when one is considerably smaller in diameter than the other. If there was a bark inclusion in the union, both stems might be reduced and thinned toward the top of the crown. If there was no inclusion, then one side could be reduced. Lateral branches in the lower and mid-crown do not appear to require any treatment at this time. Pruning needed home | Back

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