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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

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.