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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> The closely related butternut wood is ideal as it is almost always  
> lighter
> weight and it's not very expensive by rather rare.

I very much like butternut wood. Native Missourians and I also prefer  
its sweeter nut. They call it white walnut. In southern Missouri and I  
believe a wider area, butternuts are at great danger due to a canker.  
The beaver-flooded pond killed my last large one. It is dead standing  
and I will work it up this next year. I wrote recently how good the  
wood is for cooking and serving spoons and pan scrapes. It carves  
beautifully.