I love apple wood II

[Kenobi]

Hello there

As my previous post revealed I am not alone in love with apple wood, here is a collage of my photos to show how differentaly colored apple wood can be,and lets discuss opinions why

 

[Kenobi]

Kick off:

I heard some reasons from my grandfather,who was both a carpenter and apple trees farmer ( he even shaped trees during growth into shapes, and we have a nuclear shelter like basement under garage for apple fruit storage) for his whole life,like:

If an apple tree died standing, colours are more deep and pronounced.

Color of the fruit is related to color of the wood.

Minerals in the ground (iron in our garden mainly) makes the wood more orange/red.

Like if you leave bitten apple on air,and it will turn brown, the same apple wood no matter its initial color, will over time on air turn brown.

I value those more than simply rummors,what is your opinion?

 

[howsitwork]

I appreciate the effort the tree has put into growing and maturing. The colours reflect part of that effort and the fact that we can ( usually ) enjoy the apples as well adds to my love for the tree. The minerals and climate effect the hardness and colours as do infections and recovery , or not from those infections. The trees interactions with the mycelium of fungi at its roots also massively influences its growth and features such as colour.

I find pear wood also very attractive. Like Apple you can hand thread it too which adds to the turn8ng challenges possible.

 

[GaryMGg]

I've yet to have any apple wood.
I've turned plum, cherry, citrus, and several nut woods such as pistachio.
They have all been nice although the pistachio was very colorful and the plum quite special—the chunk I have has some obsidian embedded within as it's from the Mount St. Helens blast.

Those examples look very nice.