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Hey Kevin- What is the name of the mill that saws the birds eye? I have cut some in the past and always had it custom sawn,,,when I have tried to sell the logs to "Birdseye Buyers" (SKYBURL) I have always gotten the "Thats not quite good enough" . Well it looks pretty good in my kitchen,,.I have always run into it on very stoney, ledgey,stressed out sites higher in elevation. Groton, Dorchester, North Wilmot ECT...A whole lot more curley maple around N.H. in my experiance. Are you sure you have Red Maple Birdseye?,,,thought it was only in the rockies....I have cut some nice rock maple curley, but never seen any red maple birdseye.....Parker
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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Kevin- Thats goose bay lumber- they have a log concentration log there for E.D.Bessy that Spencer Perry runs but they dont saw hardwood there-Carl, the owner say "theres no money in it" They do have a high end retail hardwood business there selling exotic hardwoods, But, thats all bought in.....Parker
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg
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I took some photos of my birdseye maple trees this weekend in the rain. They are posted on the mapletrader album. I hope to update my yahoo site later. Just go to the top of the page here click on album, then click on personal galleries, then on forester1 page. There are 4 birdseye trees in a row growing. They sometimes occur here in groups like that. Notice the lack of a prominent flare at the base, especially in the back trees. The so-called coke bottle base. Then there are a couple pictures of the bark. Also some new sugarhouse pictures. I hope to see others post some pictures here on the maple trader album and thanks to the maple trader guys for this great new feature.
Very Good-Nice to see things in color instead of black&white...Kevin
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Kevin,
I've seen birdseye in a 5" diameter tree. That is about the smallest I've seen. You wouldn't get too much useable wood out of that size tree. Most trees I've looked at the ends after they are cut lose the eyes toward the center at about 4 or 5 inches in diameter. I've heard of birdseye in other species. One log buyer told me once he paid a lot of money for a birdseye black oak. I've seen what I thought was birdseye in a yellow birch but when I removed the bark, there were no eyes in the wood. That is one way to check is to remove the bark in a spot, but it wounds the tree and leaves it susceptible to staining or fungus infection. Another possibility is you could have curly grain in that cherry.
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