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may79

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Jan 29, 2020
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Central PA
See attached photos and let me know what you think. I was leaning towards Cherry until I split it, now I'm not sure.


Thanks
 

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I just got some that looked exactly like that and board concluded that it was black cherry.
 
Thanks for the replies. I was fairly certain that is was Cherry. Any Cherry that I have previously split, split really clean. This was a little stringy, so I started second guessing myself.
 
Gotta be Cherry, but the split face looks more grainy than what I usually see here..reminiscent of White Ash.
 
Looks like all the black cherry I split from my woods, none of it is straight
 
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It all depends on where the tree was sourced, a tree growing in a wooded area tends to be more straight vs a tree growing in a yard, field, or more open area like the edge of the woods, prevailing winds tend to cause a twist along with growing towards sun light.
 
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