Re: FW: The Coming Plague of Pears

**A*@aol.com**

My understanding of the problem of splitting in callery pears is due to 
narrow and the very straight grain of the wood.  I have heard unflattering 
remarks from climbers who work on willow oak (I think) and find their chain 
saws cut very slowly. because the grain is very twisted.  Those trees become 
enormous in the southern US, and when they decline seriously everyone groans.

I'll try to reach some very knowledgeable friends to find out what they know 
about the apparent ease with which callery pears split.

Barbara
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