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EUROPEAN PEAR TREE | |
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This is a particularly attractive timber but
can prove extremely wasteful in conversion. Pyrus communis Family: Rosaceae Other names: Wild Pear, Choke Pear (UK). Distribution: Europe, including the UK, and Western Asia. |
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General Description: The heartwood is
pinkish-brown to mellow pink in colour after steaming with very fine rays
and pores, straight grained and very fine and even texture. Weight about
700kg/m3 (44 lb/ft3); specific gravity 0.70. |
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