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Antlurz
Apr-18-2008, 2:09pm
I wonder how big a slab such a tree would offer?
http://news.yahoo.com/s....7131817 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080417/od_afp/swedennatureoffbeat_080417131817)
martinedwards
Apr-18-2008, 2:36pm
nah, it'll have spent the first thousand years or so growing in the open so the grain count will be too low to be any good......:p
Antlurz
Apr-20-2008, 8:19pm
Hmmmm......
Really would have thought a piece of tonewood that old would have drawn comments...
Ron
Spruce
Apr-20-2008, 8:40pm
Very interesting....
Thanks for posting that....
Here's (http://www.info.umu.se/NYHETER/PressmeddelandeEng.aspx?id=3061) an article with a bit more info, including a pic. #
Looks like we're talking about a shrubby spruce, with offspring drawing upon the same genetic material...
Andrew DeMarco
Apr-20-2008, 8:50pm
The thread topic is hilarious.