would this be apple?
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Yup you are right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_macrocarpa Prob this one.
But I think its what I call a Swamp White Oak.
uercus macrocarpa, the Bur oak, sometimes spelled Burr oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section Quercus sect. Quercus, native to North America in the eastern and midwestern United States and south-central Canada. This plant is also called Mossycup oak and Mossycup white oak.
It occurs from the Appalachian Mountains w
Bur oak would be my guess as well the tree looks very similar to the ones growing around here.
Hedgerow
HACK
Maybe...
We got a few big mossy cups here..
That tree was a young one..
Branches fit the bill for horizontal and lotsa bends...
The rays in the end grain says oak to me. Pores say some type of red oak.
Overclock
High Performance
If it's an Apple, it might have some big red berries hanging off of it in the summer about the size of baseballs.
Overclock
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Couldn't help myself lol. I think it is an English or Carpathian Walnut.
It's an oak. Looks like swamp white oak. Is it growing in a low area with lots of soil moisture?
Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
If it's not Apple, then it's Bulgarian Bugwood.
Definitely some sort of White Oak.
Definitely some sort of White Oak.
bark picture of wild pear tree
mga
wandering
not really (for the soil moisture) I haven't seen them in the summer, so I have no clue as to what type of leaves were on them, or if anything was on the ground near them because there are a couple of inches of snow. they are being dug out and laid over on their sides so I can cut them up. they guy is clearing this section of land out to rent to a local farmer. the owner gives me exclusive cutting rights and I can take as much as I want whenever I want.
like I said the stuff is very heavy and it dulled my chain after cutting up just two trees. i'll be going back tomorrow and i'll take some close ups of the bark and if I get a chance i'll split a log and post those pictures.
I just don't want to spend all my time cutting up some garbage tree. there are also tons of ash trees there piled up, but I have so much of that now I'm getting sick of ash...lol
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My vote for WIW is bur oak. proper limb structure, heavy dense wood and the scraggly bark. Good BTU wood. You won't be disappointed. May not like the hand splitting but...
it's young and hasn't had the time to twist and gnarl as much as the 100 year old ones..@mga it sounds like you may be becoming a wood snob
, passing on ash, if you don't like the way the oak eats chains you won't like the way it splits by hand either, especially after working with good ash. I wish I had access to all the ash your passing up to work up that gnarly bur oak. 
But at any rate enjoy!
mga
wandering
My vote for WIW is bur oak. proper limb structure, heavy dense wood and the scraggly bark. Good BTU wood. You won't be disappointed. May not like the hand splitting but...
@mga it sounds like you may be becoming a wood snob
lol...a wood snob...I like that.
nah, I cut the ash up and keep it as well. I just don't like to have all of one kind of wood.
Hedgerow
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If it ends up being a burr oak, it is a dandy smoking wood once dry.. FWIW.. Knock the bark off..
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mga
wandering
no thorns.....but, I do believe it's oak. I just split this by hand and it has that "oak barrel" smell. what was confusing is why were so many planted in neat rows? that lead me to believe they were some kind of fruit tree.
here's the pics I just took:
Could have been remnants of a tree farm, in regards to straight rows.
