Goals

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The goals of a quality shade tree production program are to develop small diameter branches along a dominant trunk in a pleasing canopy form on a quality root system. Click on "root system" or "tree quality" to the left to review root issues. Click on other items for top pruning, canopy training, and management strategies.

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Lasting structure

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Quality nursery tree form

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Field of quality trees

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Junk-yard trees


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