On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:09:02 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:

I wonder if the OP's trees were deliberately budded or (unlikely?) grafted
high up specifically to make specimen standards.

Hi. I was the OP. I do not think they were grafted anymore because
there is not a bulge like there is on say, an apple tree, which
grafted. Forgive my ignorance, I'm new to this, what is budding?