. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. PUBLISHED \ SEMI-MONTHLY. j The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada ( SUBSCRIPTION \ $ PER ANNUM VOL. 5. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., SEPTEMBER 1, 1885. NO. 17. THE WALNUT BURR. The burr of the walnut tree,the most valuable and one of the most beautifully figured woods the world produces, is found principally in Persia. The trees of England rarely have much color on account of the climate not being sufficiently hot, but fine walnu
. Canadian forest industries 1885. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. PUBLISHED \ SEMI-MONTHLY. j The only Newspaper devoted to the Lumber and Timber Industries published in Canada ( SUBSCRIPTION \ $ PER ANNUM VOL. 5. PETERBOROUGH, ONT., SEPTEMBER 1, 1885. NO. 17. THE WALNUT BURR. The burr of the walnut tree,the most valuable and one of the most beautifully figured woods the world produces, is found principally in Persia. The trees of England rarely have much color on account of the climate not being sufficiently hot, but fine walnut trees are found in the south of France, Spain, Italy, and in the same latitude of Turkey, Circassia, and so on to Persia. The burr of the tree is an excres- cence, similar to a wart on one's finger, which is supposed to result from disease, and is mostly found growing at the trunk, where it is formed into a mass of what is termed " tis," producing the magnificient figure which is seen on pianos and other furniture. Few people even in the timber trade have any idea of the value of a fine large burr of superior color, size aud soundness. These burrs weigh from about 500 weight to 2 tons or more, and some have been known to produce as much as £2,000 each. Some 15 years ago walnut burrs were to be found injquantities around the neighborhood of the Black Sea, although not of the best quality, but owing to the great cutting that took place on account of the immense demand, especially from America, there is at the present time a great scarcity of the wood in our markets; another reason is that the transport is extremely difficult, as in the interior of Persia very often there are not any roads, and the cost of making them renders it too expensive. Of late years, being unable to get the burrs out whole, they have taken to cutting them into pieces about six to nine inches thick, termed "; The original cost of the walnut burr is usually very small, from pe
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