56 



Table 40. Consumption of Cucumber, year ending June, 1912. 



BUCKEYE. 



Buckeye, like cucumber, often loses its identity and goes to market mixed 

 with yellow poplar. It is called for separately by the manufacturers of arti- 

 ficial limbs to meet what may probably be termed its most exacting use, but 

 for this purpose was not reported in Pennsylvania. The wood is light, 

 soft, cross grained, compact, and difficult to split. The color is creamy 

 white and so uniform that the sapwood can hardly be distinguished from the 

 heartwood. Two species of buckeye are native to Pennsylvania, the fetid 

 buckeye (Aesculus glabra) and the yellow or sweet buckeye (Aesculus 

 octan&ra) . The western part of this State is the eastern limit of both species 

 and it is impossible to ascertain the quantity of each that the manufacturers 

 use. This wood is more evenly distributed among the various classes of manu- 

 facture calling for it than any other shown in this report. 



Table 41. Consumption of Buckeye, year ending June, 1912. 



