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Rounding over in the nursery

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These poor oaks have been sheared on all sides and on the top of the canopy. Trunk and branch structure is ruined. Growers found that this generated a tremendous amount of brush that needs to be burned or chipped, growth was slowed to a crawl, and a growing number of buyers did not want the product. Unfortunately, there are still some buyers out there that accept this.