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Branch management on young street trees
Large branches below the lowest scaffold limb were shortened (dotted lines) to prevent them from becoming part of the permanent canopy and three were removed. A reduction cut also made on upright stems in the upper canopy. This pruning combination forces growth into the one leader than was not cut in the center of the tree. A good, strong structure develops as a result of this program conducted over a period of 25 years.
