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Tree Pruning, Alex Shigo

Tree Pruning

$39.00

Product Code: bk008

An informative photoguide discusses pruning for both attractiveness and health. The first and only book that shows you from the inside how branches come on a tree.  Once you know this, proper pruning becomes easy.  A conversational style, beautiful pictures and diagrams, plus step-by-step illustrations, makes it easy to understand.  A 40-page appendix provides more detail on 27 pruning subjects. The concepts come from 30 years of research that included the dissections of over 15,000 trees.

Size: 9″ x 6″ x .5″

180 pages, soft cover

 

$39.00

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Tree Pruning

Product Code: bk008

An informative photoguide discusses pruning for both attractiveness and health. The first and only book that shows you from the inside how branches come on a tree.  Once you know this, proper pruning becomes easy.  A conversational style, beautiful pictures and diagrams, plus step-by-step illustrations, makes it easy to understand.  A 40-page appendix provides more detail on 27 pruning subjects. The concepts come from 30 years of research that included the dissections of over 15,000 trees.

Size: 9″ x 6″ x .5″

180 pages, soft cover

 

$39.00

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Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 9 × 6 × .3 in

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