On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:30:04 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
wrote:

wrote in news:vgf0jat9romhstqsj45uegkaohusttun9g@
4ax.com:

Poplar tends to be a lot more stable than cheap pine.
Also sold as "american white wood" - the grain is very fine and
straight..

Beware of using the term "white wood". Prior to the appearance
of Home Depot and the other "big boxes", white wood was a common
name for poplar (and it still is amoung some lumbermen). Home
Depot et al have instead used "white wood" to refer to SPF
(spruce/pine/fir) - in other words, "cheap pine".

John
Up here in Canadfa Home Despot still sells "american white wood" -
and it is Poplar or Aspen