WOOD I.D. by odor(?) # 2

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I was splitting some rounds of what i thought were red oak,or some kind of oak, but then noticed a very pleasant aroma emenating from the fresh splits. Upon further examination(sniffing it like a dog) i realized that it smelled just like ripe peaches...but the rounds were far to big to be from a peach tree....has anyone split wood that smelled peachy? and if so, do you know what type of wood it is?
 
If it split straight it was nothing in the fruit family. Most of them go all which way when splitting. Red oak has a unique smell of course, but other oaks can smell sweetish.
 
Yes, peaches is Red Oak. Peach yogurt smell actually. I love splitting Red Oak!
 
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Rotten apples lol. I think all the different smells we pick up are actually fermenting sugars stored in the wood cells. I think Red Oak smells like fermented honey. Great smell if you are a Mead drinker.
 
that is exactly what i thought too, either sugars/sap, or some type of fungi or infection.....and some logs smelled sweeter than others....not that i actually smell every piece that i split....that would be absurd....i smell every third piece
 
It's either Piss Elm or feline Willow ;) will not allow use of the proper "specie" but you get the idea. These are the only ones I can tell by smell.
 
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Love that red oak aroma though. Very distinctive.
 
i've yet to smell piss elm(?).....or willow, but i did have the chance to get a whole willow tree already bucked, but before i took it i asked around and was told that willow is okay for kindling, but is very waxy, and starts to rot quickly after dried.....since it was sitting for over a year i skipped it....
 
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