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[nottke1 <nottke1@earthlink.net>]

I sent this a few days ago, but never received a copy, so I apologize if this 
is your second copy.

Two years ago I noticed that the top surface of the top branch in a yellow 
freestone peach (Summergold) split lengthwise for about 15 inches (40 cm) for 
no apparent reason.  But it started to heal, and performs OK today, except 
for the exposure of a 1 inch wide strip of uncovered wood that I only see 
when on the top step of an 8 ft ladder.  I don't know exactly when the split 
occurred, sometime in Spring.  The tree is 9 years old.

Last year two more top branches on that tree split the same way, have 
partially healed, and the tree seems OK otherwise.

Anyone familiar with such a problem?  Something I am doing wrong?