[NAFEX] Apple wood

Erdman, Jim ErdmanJ at uwstout.edu
Fri Feb 20 20:46:55 EST 2004


 

	
	
A while ago I asked this list and also a woodworking 
related list about varieties of apple and other 
fruitwoods that would be worth growing for the wood, and most 
of the answers that I got ignored my actual question, 
but instead lectured me on marginally related topics.  
Never did get any specific recommendations about 
varieties to try to grow for wood.  We need to replant some 
trees in some fields that we have replanted to trees 
for timber, and I thought it would be good to grow 
something other than maple, oak, walnut, butternut, etc.,  
especially as my son likes to carve spoons, turn 
bowls, etc.,  and he finds that apple, lilac, and plum give 
nice results.  When friends need a tree removed for 
any reason, we hope that they give him a call first, and 
he usually rewards them with something made from the 
tree he takes out.
We will be planting "generic" apple seedlings, 
whatever comes up from last years fall plantings of seeds.
 
Jim Erdman, in Menomonie, WI


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