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Poor structure tough to correct

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poor tree structure

This tree is pretty committed to poor structure. Note all the codominant leaders originating from about five feet from the ground. It will require many prunings over many years to put decent structure in this tree. Not all trees can be corrected back to decent structure if they were neglected too long.