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Structural pruning needed

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tree needs structural pruning

Four leaders are growing from one point one-third the way up from the bottom of the photo. Remove one or two and reduce the others so the best one can dominate the structure. Save the one that has well-attached branches in desirable locations. Also, shorten some of the many branches growing from the trunk below the four leaders so others can become more dominant.