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'Deal' Softwood
By Keith Reedman

Dear MMDers,  It was interesting to read the outcome of Craig Smith's
quest for suitable wood for his English barrel-organ [040411 MMDigest].

Never having heard of sugar pine, and curious to know the botanical
name of the timber which was finally selected, I looked it up (Google)
and found it to be pinus lambertiana.  Apparently a native of California
and Oregon, it grows to a large size and furnishes a 'soft and easily
worked timber'.  The stumps exude a sweet resin, once used as a sugar
substitute.

Keith Reedman
Derbyshire, England


(Message sent Wed 14 Apr 2004, 12:42:21 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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