Got it all split today....

[Tar12]

Walnut and cherry is such a pleasure to cut and split...

 

[begreen]

Yes, that straight-grained stuff is wonderful to split.

 

[Wickets]

Is there a love / hate for cherry? I ask because a local tree man offered me a few sticks of cherry. Asking around, some old wood stove guys said, "oh, cherry, nothing beats that" and then a few others were, " cherry is no good for a stove , and it smells!"

thanks

 

[Tar12]

Its not on top of my list as a hardwood...but it does make BTUs and is good for smoking meats.I will bur n it buts its not my first choice...this batch will be sold.

 

[D8Chumley]

I probably burned 3 cord of cherry this winter. With the milder winter it worked out nicely and helped me save the better stuff

 

[firefighterjake]

Is there a love / hate for cherry? I ask because a local tree man offered me a few sticks of cherry. Asking around, some old wood stove guys said, "oh, cherry, nothing beats that" and then a few others were, " cherry is no good for a stove , and it smells!"

thanks

Black cherry up here is a fair to middling wood. I like it and burn it . . . then again I burn just about everything. Best thing about cherry is how good it smells when splitting it up. As to the comments . . . there are a lot better wood species when it comes to pure BTUs than cherry, but cherry is certainly a good wood for burning in the stove.

 

[Jay106n]

Black Cherry is abundant around here, I have several in my yard. It dries fast and is decent in BTU, but not the best. It splits easy, smells good splitting, in my stove, and tastes good in my meat smoker. So yeah, its good in my book.