On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 05:28:49 -0500, Tom Watson
wrote:

Not one person picked out which samples were cherry and which not.


Hey! I was HALF right! G I said #4 was either cherry or cherry
ply. The poplar got me, though.

In my case, you're preaching to the choir, as I feel artificial
colorants should be handled on a case by case basis.

On a side note, many of the pieces I've seen in museums show evidence
of toner or stain, on cherry, walnut, maple, even genuine Cuban
mahogany. Some of the pieces are 200 years old!

Barry