. Elementary woodworking . Fig. 82. Leaves of Black Oak and Black-Jack Oak (Black-Jack on right) black-jack oak is often called barren oak from the factthat it frequents bleak and barren plains, sucli as thesandy stretches of New Jersey and Long Island. The sketch shows the difference in the leaves, thatof the black-jack having only tliree main lobes, or 70 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING. Fig. Leaf ofOak divisions, while the black oakhas five. However, the leavesof these two trees vary consider-ably, and one must always lookfor the typical leaf, which is theone shown in the sketch. Theblack-jac
. Elementary woodworking . Fig. 82. Leaves of Black Oak and Black-Jack Oak (Black-Jack on right) black-jack oak is often called barren oak from the factthat it frequents bleak and barren plains, sucli as thesandy stretches of New Jersey and Long Island. The sketch shows the difference in the leaves, thatof the black-jack having only tliree main lobes, or 70 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING. Fig. Leaf ofOak divisions, while the black oakhas five. However, the leavesof these two trees vary consider-ably, and one must always lookfor the typical leaf, which is theone shown in the sketch. Theblack-jack is a small, shrubbytree, with branches often twistedand contorted, and its wood isnot very valuable except as fuelor for making charcoal. mm mi III!((? mm !^\\ S«^#l %i ...mvSi y J ^ M ^\ Fig. 84. Wood of the Red Oak, showing three sections. The one on the leftshows annual rings obtained by a horizontal cut through the tree. Cen-tral view shows vertical cut at center of tree. View on right shows verti-cal cut between center and bark as illustrated in Fig. 73. THE OAKS 71 The acorns require two seasons for ripening, as dothose of the red, scarlet, and pin oaks. 31. The Red Oak. The red oak is one of our largestand most noble trees, growing taller even than the whiteoak, and may always be digtinguished by its very largeshiny, dark green leaves. Its bark is also muc
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