"TRIM" trees
keith@kttreecare.u-net.com
Sun, 4 Jan 1998 17:24:37 -0600
I keep hearing the word "trim" trees in many of your postings. Do the ISA advocate the word "trim" as part of the certified arborist scheme? If not, then why does everyone continue to use it as part of their tree work specification. The word prune and trim and not so different in dictionary terms, however, prune seems the more professional. Prune = crown thinning, reduction, removal of undesirables eg. dead wood, crossing branches etc. Trim = keep neat and tidy. Its pretty difficult to keep a tree neat and tidy, unless of course you have it take a bath each day, comb it a little, afix a bow and ask it to smile now and again!
Paul H.