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They were nice and full... I had to take down too many large trees that were to close to the house .. Never enough property for the future growth unless you live at Mount Vernon https://www.mountvernon.org/blog/2017/04/the-600-year-old-george-washington-oak-tree

Exactly! I've been to Mt. Vernon and it is an impressive place. That tree is enormous. My trees were only about 25 or so and really showing a lot of damage, especially from a heavy snowfall 2 years ago. It hurt them a lot. I had 5 all together but only one remains near my veggie garden.