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  • From: John Bunker <jbunker@gwi.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit trees for timber
  • Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:29:54 -0500

Black Locust:

Black Locust has been frequently used in ship building, particularly for
ribs. It is highly rot resistant.

John Bunker
Fedco
Palermo Maine


on 3/13/03 5:11 PM, tanis cuff at tanistanis@hotmail.com wrote:

> Black locust: chances are your neighbor's grove will eventually invade your
> property, so don't invest too much in new trees of your own. Except maybe
> for genetic diversity. BL are GREAT firewood, and the blossoms are good bee
> forage. And I hear unsubstantiated rumors that there is a growing demand
> for BL lumber...
>
> Tanis (closer to Madison, WI than Minneapolis, MN)
>
>
>
>
>> From: "Erdman, Jim" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>
>> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Fruit trees for timber
>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:04:33 -0600
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Charles Paradise wrote:
>>
>>> In an unrelated question, why are you planting common hardwood species
>> when you could be planting species such as Alnus Rubra, or Black Locust,
>> which would yield excellent wood but also improve the soil?
>>
>> We got financial assistance to plant trees that were "recommended" for
>> the site, and those are the oaks, ash, pine, and spruce, and that was a big
>> help in getting the plantings started. I am getting some Black Locust
>> started in a corner of one field that is close to a neighbor with black
>> locust on his property, so I am not neglecting that tree. I am not real
>> impressed with working wood from black locust, though, and we do like
>> working with apple, plum, etc., so that is why I asked about fruit woods in
>> particular.
>>
>> I appreciate everyone's remarks about planting trees so far.
>>
>> Jim Erdman, in Menomonie, WI
>>
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