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Originally Posted by FredL

Ron ,I have to admit, you're really at your best when you think you've seen an opportunity to be patronizing. Calm down, huh.

What does this mean? That these trees are among the best in the world? If these trees are 10s, what do the trees that I see in "Bonsai Today" deserve? On a scale of one to ten, 20s? 50s? What do the trees that have been declared National Treasures in Japan deserve? 200s? Is there no discernable difference between the "10" trees in the gallery and Walter Pall's best? What is the point of grading if not to make distinctions between tree's of different levels of quality?

Fred

It means that these trees are graded by members of this forum. Pictures of trees are posted by members of this forum.
This is not Bonsai Today, not anything but Bonsaitalk.
And yes I do have a gallery. It has been up there for a while. And of course you can grade it. Put what ever grading criteria to them that you want. They are not national treasures and heavens forbid they are not among the top ten trees in the US or Japan. The photos are not even the best.
They are just some of the trees that I like. I posted them and some made comments on them. The is the purpose of our gallery. Not a complicated thing.