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After pruning medium-length low branches

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top of canopy was pruned

The top of the canopy was pruned to encourage one dominant leader, and all low branches were shortened to a 20-inch diameter cylinder. Trees in this treatment are growing almost as fast as trees in the long low branch treatment.