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Default A TIP that may save you a lot of grief

Andy Dingley wrote:

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:57:12 -0700, charlieb
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including english walnut which
has to be one of the whitest, blandest woods around.


Since when was walnut white?


You're thinking "black" or Claro walnut. English walnut out here in
Nor Cal was grafted on black walnut mainly - the root system of
the latter apparently is much hardier than english but has smaller
nuts with thicker shells.

Have posted a pick of three cups I turned from what I know is
English Walnut - in a.b.p.w.
subject line: English Walnut Examples for Andy D

charlie b