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Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana). 



Sugar pine is the largest pine tree in the United States and is cut almost 

 entirely in California. The name is due to a sugary substance which exudes 

 from the tree when the wood is bruised. It is a true white pine and the wood , 

 except for its being slightly more resinous, is quite similar in appearance to 

 eastern white pine. The uses of the two pines are almost identical, and for 

 a number of purposes the western wood is substituted for the eastern. Sugar 

 pine has a fine straight grain, narrow sapwood, is soft, fairly dense, of very 

 light weight, moderately strong, stiff, non-elastic, easily split and seasoned, 

 and very easy to work. Over a million feet are annually demanded by the 

 Pennsylvania manufacturers. The largest quantity goes to the producers of 

 sash, doors, and blinds. It is also demanded in considerable quantities for 

 foundry patterns and for special uses in store and office fixtures. 



Table 11. Consumption of Sugar Pine, year ending June, 1912. 



Western Yellow Pine (Pinus ponderosa). 



This species next to Douglas fir is more extensively cut into lumber than any 

 of the other western woods, and in the western and central states is used 

 for every purpose for which wood can be employed. Its range includes nearly 

 all of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast states. On the market it goes to a 

 large extent as white pine. Sometimes it is called California white pine and in 

 the eastern states dealers give it assumed names, as in Philadelphia it was 

 found being sold as maraschino white pine. The wood in a large number of 

 cases closely resembles white pine and by ocular examination it is difficult 

 to distinguish. It is, however, a true yellow pine, fine grained, and al- 

 though somewhat heavier and more resinous than white pine, meets a number 

 of uses for which white pine has heretofore been used. It is a cheaper wood 

 and for that reason is a valuable lumber tree and has great possibilities. 

 Box makers and the planing mills are the industries using it most extensively 

 in Pennsylvania. 



