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Article: Apple Trees Yield More Than Tasty Fruit.(Brief Article)
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- Wood & Wood Products
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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Apple trees yield one of the most popular of the fruits from the wide range of fruit trees around the world, and the trees are also prized as ornamentals. In the United States, however, apple trees are considered a "minor species." and play a small role as commercial species due to their diminutive size and the fact that the trees usually grow in a twisted manner. Still, apple wood has several good properties and has a place in woodworking.
Supplies Threatened
Larry Schmehl, president of Tech-Wood, Inc. of Bethel, PA, is a large distributor of apple in the United States. "I get my supplies from orchard owners who sell the lumber once the trees have lost ...