The large branch comes of the first bend in the trunk. It is a great place for a first branch but it was never treated properly. It had a huge bulge from a whorl of branches and it had no taper and the exit of the branch from the trunk was poor.
What attracted me to this tree was the marvelous trunk. The old bark, the fairly decent taper and the movement of the first branch area. Even though It would neer be masterpiece potential, I feel that at the price I got it for, that I could make a fairly adequate tree that could be flipped or traded for something I really wanted. The trunk is large at 3+ inches at the waist and a 5" flare at the soil.
The branch is un plucked and clamped on for the picture.