norways also tend to have surface roots.. down thru the decades.. and with their very dense canopies ... might cause nothing to be grown under them ... including potential inability to grow grass .. keep in mind... i am talking 20 to 40 years from now ... also keep in mind.. you can always plan on removal ... somewhere down the line ... my usual deadline was the season i could take it down for free ... as my drop dead decision season ... my favorite trick.. is to google up the latin name ... and then read up. AND .. flip to google images ... to SEE ... the future ... your reliance on common names ... is part of what is holding you back.. to get good info ... ken PS ALL trees can split on the sun side in winter.. its more a function of proper planting .. and proper after care ... and maybe some winter protection for the first few years.. rather than a trait of a given tree ... in other words.. its a stress reaction ... PPS: it would be nice.. to know more about your whole property and goals and stuff ... you have done quite a few posts here .. and frankly.. i hope you have some acreage .... maybe you addressed this in some other post.. or maybe you could start a new post on the whole process ... first to this page to find the latin ... i see it in 1st link ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Deborah+Maple+Tree&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 then using such .. this link https://www.google.com/search?q=Acer+platanoides+%27Deborah%27&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 then to this link https://www.google.com/search?q=Acer+platanoides+%27Deborah%27&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjoiPrgsb7MAhVHmoMKHb-ZB_kQ_AUIBygB&biw=935&bih=745&dpr=0.9

tropicbreezent - I have a São Miguel "Ananás dos Açores" label tag in my hands taken from the pineapple that I ate. I believe Costa Rica grown ones (that they sell here too) are GMO, but Azores-grown pineapples and most or all (?) vegetables and fruits afaik are naturally grown, without genetical modification. The tag explains exactly what the article wrote. São Miguel island pineapples are smaller. No, they are not called "Saomiguelense" or "Saintmichael's" or anything like that. I doubt that. But you can call them that, it's no problem. The end of the tag has the following text: Comissão Técnica de Certificação e Controlo - IAMA Rua do Passal, 150 - 9500 Ponta Delgada Tel.: 296 650 710 Fax: 296 653 707 Call them, they probably have someone who speaks English. I suspect if one tests the genetic compound of the pineapple grown on São Miguel island, it would probably have different structure etc. than others. I am only amateur grower, except I have almost 10 years growing experience of variety of palm trees. Currently am testing variety of exotic palms and trees on Pico island with very different success. P.S.: Pico has a lot of banana plantations with smallish very tasty bananas. They also sell imported bananas here in the supermarkets. Ananás are two varieties: Costa Rica and Azores.

I meant to say crabapple, just had a brain freeze.

I had to prune mine up this spring to get rid of branch stubs left by the rabbits. The snow was so deep, the rabbits were able to nip branch's halfway up the tree. And these trees tend to explode with branches in spring, going in every direction, up, down crisscrossing and along the existing branches. Mine might have bled a little or even for a while but I really didn't pay much attention. And it would've bled from the rabbit nips even if I didn't prune. You aren't going to hurt an amur maple (acer ginnala) by bleeding anyways. Most people just let them go 'Au natural' and they produce quite a large, shrub like appearance. It's the only tree in my yard that got zero supplemental water during the drought period for the last two years. On sandy ground with sand subsoil. There are several others in the neighborhood too that are unattended and still grow remarkably well. A good portion of the leaves are gone on mine, but it just looks better, to me anyways. eta: I don't know if I'll do any future pruning. The way these trees send out new branches, from everywhere along the trunk and old branches, it may be futile. When I think about it though, I was just trying to establish a single trunk on mine, so all it takes is to snap on a 'rabbit tube' to protect it over winter. ;-)