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  • From: Art Petrzelka <art@complum.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Apple wood
  • Date: 21 Feb 2004 20:22:47 -0600

On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 19:46, Erdman, Jim wrote:
> 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

Pear is supposed to be good wood. It sure lives a long time. Red
mulberry has a nice grain and color and provides good wildlife feed,
both fruit and leaves.

I haven't had any butternuts for ages. I need to get some planted here
and see if the blight gets them. Our last butternut tree died about 20
years ago.

I like hickory, especially shellbark. It has the largest nuts. Some
people like the taste of shagbark hickory better. I plan on putting some
hazelnuts in to supplement the few unproductive native hazelnuts on the
farm.

Black cherry produces a beautiful wood that is just as valuable as black
walnut. It does tend to choke out everything else as it grows, so it has
to be thinned heavily. The fruit is very good, although it is hard to
pick in a 60 foot tall tree. Last year, it bore heavily enough that the
branches were bending over, even on 12-18 inch diameter trees.

Basswood is a good price, too, especially if you can get it down to the
Gulf Coast. The Mesquakie used to carve spoons and bowls from a crotch
of basswood.

Hackberry is used in furniture manufacture, but it has to get to 24"
diameter first. It is also brittle, so I would plant it on the interior
of any stand.

--
Art Petrzelka
Amana, Iowa, USA





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