Re: Maple

In article <d90c4$47287260$471fb922$19499@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Mike Marlow" <mmarlowREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Doug Miller" <spambait@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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LOL -- haven't burned a lot of silver maple, have you? Red maple's OK, but
silver isn't much better than tulip poplar as firewood.

Actually - I really don't know. When it comes to sub-dividing soft maple
into various types, it's all lost on me. For what grows in my woods - it's
close enough to differentiate between hard maple and soft maple. Both make
nice heat. Have no idea what type of soft maple grows here though.

Your soft maple's probably red maple, then. Decent firewood. Decent furniture
wood, too, for that matter, though not as good as sugar maple for either
purpose -- but way, way better than silver maple, which is too soft and
light to be much use.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
.

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