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Trees pruned young, to shape their lasting characters, will bear fewer lasting scars than trees shaped late in life. But as with repentance, better prune late than never. Let the home owner approach his first pruning job—a deciduous 15-footer—with this framing thought in mind: in what ways would this tree look different if it were in perfect condition? Obvious at once are any broken or dead branches. Questionable are branches that look crowded or are actually touching one another. More puzzling are a lot of branches and twigs and shoots each of which may have good right to be there but all of which, in the most un- |
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