Ahh, but those are English, not black walnuts.

A good, old black walnut used to have value. not so much anymore.
dealers are leary of trees that may have (likely have) nails and such
embedded in the wood. But English walnuts (_Juglans regia_, the kind
you eat, and what makes up what's left of the Lake county walnut
orchards) are not nor have they ever been valued for timber. Now they
are less and less valued for nuts, espcially in a place like Lake
county where wine grapes are fetching terrific prices.






On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 01:33:55 GMT, "Philip" wrote:

|LOL! I'm in N. Cal as well, up in the Lake County area. Right now we have
|vineyards bulldozing orchards of walnut trees and burning them. Can't get
|them to sell it.
|
|Philip
|"FOW" wrote in message
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| Thanks for the info Phil I was wrong. I'm a WW also. Around here in N.
|Cal.
| they go out to the walnut groves and backhoe up the old walnut trees at
| night aka -Steal them- . For the wood and sell it to the gunstock makes
| here.
| "Philip" wrote in message
| news:Beopa.574620$L1.167943@sccrnsc02...
| You know, not to disagree too much, but as a woodworker I'll tell you
| right
| now that there are those of us who will buy such trees, whether or not
| they're in a yard. Additionally, the burl isn't what's underneath the
| ground, a burl grows off the trunk, not at the juncture of the roots.
|The
| roots do form unusual patterns, but that's not the burl.
|
| Philip
|
| "FOW" wrote in message
| ...
| Only the bottom 2 ft and the burl below ground would be worth
|anything.
| It
| would have to have wild figure in the burl.
| "Marley1372" wrote in message
| ...
| His tree is probably an American Walnut but if it's a Black Walnut
| what
| might
| a
| Tree like that be worth these days?
|
|
| Nothing. Other than its asthetic value or value that can be placed
|on
| it
| for
| insurance purposes, black walnuts in the landscape arent used for
| thier
| wood.
| The main reason is that outside of thier natural environment, trees
| are
| subject
| to homeowners who like to put nails and all sorts of wierd stuff
|into
| thier
| trees, and prune them improperly(increasing wound sites that lead to
| decay).
| They also do not acheive the necessary size in the landscape to
| produce
| the
| veneer quality wood that is used for furniture and such.
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| Toad
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