On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, penny x stamm wrote: > are almost touching the ground! Last year the primary front > branch was sheered off the tree by a wind gust -- what a > nightmare! I was told that the trunk would supply some new > growth, and amazingly, there are about 6 young suckers which > popped out, right in the general area. If the rest of the tree > survives without damage, it should regain its former beauty > within 2 or 3 years. Maybe. I hope. If I eat all my spinach, and Penny, you might want to select the two best of those six, and prune out the other 4... let the tree put more energy into growing two good branches instead of 6 wimpy ones. Kay Lancaster kay@fern.com