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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] alder wood rot resistant?
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:35:35 -0700

Alder here in Oregon is quite a bit larger than that. It has been a standard wood in cabinet making for a long time, here. Most of the cupboards and cabinets in my house are alder. Makes decent firewood, too.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Aug 31, 2005, at 7:30 AM, Lucky Pittman wrote:

Maybe some of the other Alnus species get larger, but I'd have a hard time
imagining A.serrulata ever achieving sufficient size to yield lumber.



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