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Left out a comma. TOIEG (There's one in every group.) However, if you do
find a hybrid -- post a picture of the wood..

Sorry about that, just couldn't resist. :-)

I thought he said he wanted fast growing hardwood.

Actually, he said he wanted good quality firewood "in a short amount of time".
The only way that's gonna happen is to cut down a tree that's already been
growing for a long amount of time. By human standards, anyway -- as I pointed
out to the OP, thirty years is a short time, to a tree.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?