Wild black cherry. Fruit cherry trees are best used as fire wood due to coloration of the wood. Of course, the best of any trees would be a tree that has high figuring.
This can raise the value of the wood significantly, as these trees are so highly prized by the veneer industry.
Things like highly figured/birdseye maple, walnut, cherry
would make you faint away in a swoon if you saw what those
bad boys would bring at auction. Unfortunately, they are
1., rare, and, 2., hard to identify until cut. Although the
professional buyer can often have a good idea judging from the bark. Speaking of gutsy, log buyers at log auctions for veneer logs are a breed unto themselves. Imagine looking at a 8' long in the round and bidding thousands
on it and not know what will ultimately be found until it
is cut.
Regards,
Lew |
