Got the Skinny on the Lulav

I went lulav and esrog shopping tonight and picked up a set for myself and my father. This year the esrogim were very nice, lots of bright yellows, nice and bumpy, unlike last year's mellow yellows. However, the lulavim were, how shall we say, less than optimal. They were very short and skinny and the selection was not good. Damn those Egyptians.