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CHERRY. 



(Prunus serotma). 



In the lumber cut of cherry, Pennsylvania is second only to West Virginia. 

 Notwithstanding the fact that the production of cherry in Pennsylvania is 

 nearly 5,000,000 feet more than the consumption, one-third of the require- 

 ments of the manufacturers was supplied by the forests of other states. 

 Black cherry is the only cherry species used commercially. Its technical 

 quality is high in that it combines strength and hardness, a fine straight 

 grain, compact structure, and stability. It also takes a fine polish and excels 

 most other hardwoods in its capacity to hold its shape. It is this quality 

 which commends it for electrotype backing. In Pennsylvania this is its chief 

 use. The car manufacturers give it preference over any other domestic wood 

 for the best grade interior finish of passenger coaches. It is a favorite with 

 the fixture and furniture manufacturers. The qualities, in addition to those 

 mentioned above, are durability, stiffness, density, and ease in splitting. It 

 is somewhat brittle, with a fine, straight grain. 



Table 35. — Consumption of Black Cherry, year ending June, 1912. 



Industry. 



Quantity. 



1,000 ft. 



factory. 



Grown in 

 Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Grown Out 

 of Penn- 

 sylvania. 







; per 



6 







Feet b. m. 



Per cent. 



Average cost 

 at factory. 



Total cost f. 



Feet b. m. 



1 



Feet b. m. 



1,166,800 

 482,900 

 431,414 

 177,385 

 128,700 



42.84 

 17.73 

 15.84 

 6.51 

 4.73 



$29 14 

 25 43 

 60 50 

 64 48 

 66 14 



$34,003 

 12,282 

 26.140 

 11,438 

 8,512 



634,000 

 482,900 

 216,951 

 110,085 

 83,250 



532,800 



214,463 

 67,300 

 45,450 



113,900 



86,894 

 70,000 

 20,000 



4.18 

 3.19 

 2.57 

 .73 



34 74 



71 58 

 39 00 

 60 OO 



3,957 

 6,220 

 1,330 

 1,200 



105,600 

 54,644 

 70,000 

 20,000 



8,300 

 32,250 



10,000 



.37 

 .28 



100 00 



1,000 





10,000 



5,000 



7,500 



50 00 



375 



2,500 



7,500 

 7,500 

 4,400 

 4,400 



.28 

 .28 

 • .16 

 .16 



62 .50 

 27 00 

 75 68 

 94 55 



469 

 202 

 333 

 416 



7,500 

 7,500 

 3,600 

 400 



800 

 4,000 



2,250 



.08 



91 56 



206 



2,000 



250 



1,850 



100 



.0^ 



55 68 



103 



1,850 



100 





4fi 00 



5 









2,723,493 



100.00 



$39 73 



$108,191 



1,802,880 



920,613 



Printing material, 



Brusties, 



Car construction 



Planing mill products, 



Fixtures, 



Furniture, 



Patterns and flasks, 



Poxes and crates, packing 



Caskets and coffins, 



Instruments, professional and 

 scientific 



Handles, 



"Refrigerators and kitchen cab- 

 inets, 



Weighing apparatus, 



Instruments, musical, 



Plumbers' woodwork 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Manual training practice 



(sloyd) 



Syorting and athletic goods, .. 



Total, 



BLACK WALNUT. 



(Juglans nigra). 



The cut of black walnut in Pennsylvania is equal to three times the total 

 consumed by the factories and five times the quantity of the home grown wood 

 that they report. Black walnut is the most expensive hardwood native to 

 -Pennsylvania and was demanded by 17 industries. It is very durable, easy 

 to work, hard, porous, strong, stiff, heavy, stable in place, non-elastic, and 

 with an intermediate straight grain. The makers of caskets and coffins used 



