Keith Sedgewick (December 1992) This is my Black Pine. I also worked it over last year in advanced class. This is the one I'm going to follow the book on needle pulling and trying to balance out the strong branches and the weak ones. Both bottom branches need to grow out and make it more of the usual triangle shape. One day last year, I got to'a pick'n the bark off and shouldn't have. It was quite nice. Now I look at it and it looks undressed.