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Old 18-Dec-2007   #7
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Here is a quick virt. I personally find the current upper half of the trunk too strait and without taper. If you chop as indicated, you can add more taper and interest and the tree will become more compact and powerful. This is certainly NOT a hopeless case. I have seen much worse.

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