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In a message dated 5/31/2012 9:45:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
scott@cs.jhu.edu writes:

> I am going to prune out most of these small branchlet limbs and hope that 
> rebalances it.    

Hi Scott,

I still don't think that is your best action. I'd leave the female limbs, 
prune out males which should force the female branches to develop further.  
Prune out male branches that shade female. 

But it's your tree and I've been wrong before!       

Jerry  
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Jerry, these small branching limbs are all male, thats what I meant.  I =
am not going to prune anything near a female fruitlet.

Scott

On May 31, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 5/31/2012 9:45:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
> scott@cs.jhu.edu writes:
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>> I am going to prune out most of these small branchlet limbs and hope =
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>> rebalances it.   =20
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> Hi Scott,
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> I still don't think that is your best action. I'd leave the female =
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> prune out males which should force the female branches to develop =
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> Prune out male branches that shade female.=20
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> But it's your tree and I've been wrong before!      =20
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> Jerry =20
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