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The wood is fairly soft, straight and close-grained. The sap- 

 wood is light in color, almost white, and the heartwood a light red 

 brown. Users frequently report the sapwood under the name sap 

 gum, and the figured heartwood, which sometimes resembles the 

 color and markings of Circassian walnut, as hazel wood or hazel. 

 In foreign countries the term satin walnut is often given it, believing 

 the name will add to its prestige as a cabinet wood. The growing 

 demand for quarter sawed red gum is meeting the expectations of 

 manufacturers, especially when sawed one inch thick as the grain 

 markings of the transtangential cut is notably effective. Next to 

 oak and maple red gum is demanded in Ohio for more uses than any 

 other wood. It appears in 36 of the 41 industries listed and besides 

 is the leading material for slack staves and for veneer. 



TABLE XX. Red gum 



Less than 1-100 of 1 percent. 



COTTONWOOD 



Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) belongs to the willow family and 

 is the species most largely cut into lumber. Its relatives growing 

 in Ohio are the large-tooth aspen (Populus grandidentato), and the 

 Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera). The latter is not frequent 

 and the former does not often grow to a size large enough for lum- 

 ber. Owing to the difficulty in seasoning cottonwood it is better 



