Apple

Trade Name :
Apple

Origin :
The Appletree was originally indigenous in the West Indies.

Uses :
As veneer or slicing wood exclusively used in interior architecture. Other than that also used for tool and knife handles cabinet making and turneries.

Properties :
It is most difficult to differentiate between the sapwood and the heartwood. The sapwood is reddish brown, the heartwood being reddish to red-brown. The wood often has pith flecks, but hardly any sheen. Annual rings and annual zones are poorly defined. Pores and pith rays cannot be recognized with bare eyes.

Jointing :
Screw and nail joints hold firmly.