Cherry for wood working, wild ok?

[SwampDonkey]

The biggest cherry but log I cut out of the orchard here was 22" on the big end. It had 1 cm wide growth rings pretty much consistently past 5 years of age. My cousin was there with me, and he doesn't know much about wood, but his eyes grew big. :D :D

This one is 29" at 3 feet, but the tree does not have much height, around 60 feet and is open grown. Plus a seem there, which I blame on cattle damage.

[Okrafarmer]

Big cherry's so hard to find, I would still find ways to mill pieces of that tree, SD.

[Okrafarmer]

Here's a pic of a cherry butt log that came from the best cherry specimen I've ever seen. This tree made 7 logs. The small end on the butt log was 38" 

BTW, HBJ, I can't tell for sure if the end toward the camera is the big end or the small end, but it looks like the big end. If it is the big end, and the small end is 38", you must be a really tall guy!

[hackberry jake]

Thats actually a friend of mine. I'm 6'4". You might be correct about that being the big end... Yeah, it probably was. Still a big cherry.

[samandothers]

That is a heck of a Cherry Butt!     

That just does not sound right.

[hackberry jake]

I took young branches out of the top of the tree, put root hormone on them and planted them in porting soil, but I must've done something wrong cuz none of them took  :'(

[Clam77]

 :D  You normally GRAFT the branches, and PLANT the seeds....   :D

[5quarter]

you can successfully root the branches of most fruit trees. It is hit and miss though. Out of eight cherry branches I tried to root 2 years ago, I only got three to take. Proper grafting is almost 100% successful, but means you have to buy good root stock.