Wood, celebrated for its strength and natural warmth, is integral to daily life. Mahogany, cedar, ebony, cherry wood, ...

The figured cherry we carry is from the same black cherry tree. The figure that appears in the lumber is an aberration of unproven origin that occurs in less than 1% of the cherry logs we see.

Those cherry trees became so abundant that by 1749 Peter Kalm wrote that “all travelers are allowed to pluck ripe fruit in any garden ... The best part of the black cherry tree is the wood, ...