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["Rob Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> Lots of black walnut here.  Here's something I just made in my shop from
> black walnut:
>
> www.geocities.com/luthierie/harp2.jpg
>
> If you plant black walnut in open ground,  it will branch not very far 
> from
> the ground making it less than perfect furniture or veneer wood.  If you
> interplant one for one with ash trees, it forces the walnut to grow a long 
> straight
> trunk before branching and gives a much more valuable log ...... in fifty 
> to
> seventy years.
>
> James
> _______________________________________________

I'll check that out next dial in. I was thinking to start some seeds out in 
an open spot in the woods on my place. I might get some nuts and the next 
generation would have some nice wood.

Rob