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Volume 34, Number 6, July 2014
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Industry Insights
10 Applied Research and the Bottom Line:
Ed Gilman's Work on Pruning
Part 2 in a series
Plant Health Care
14 Quantifying Tree Health
Training & Education
18 Leadership is Not for the Faint of Heart
Special Feature
20 Tree Care in the Land of the Rising Sun
ArborMaster brings arborist training to Japan
Anniversary Series Special
24 325 Years Later, Husqvarna in Tune
with the Marketplace
28 Toro Celebrates 100 Years
Tree Pest Management
30 Eradicating Asian Longhorned Beetle
Calls for Vigilance
Show Preview
32 2014 ISA Annual International
Conference and Trade Show
Equipment Focus
35 Rope and Climbing Equipment
FEATURES & PRODUCTS
DEPARTMENTS
5 From the Editor
6 Industry News
36 Marketplace
36 Classifi eds
37 Ad Index
38 Tree of the Month
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