CHERRY - COMMERCIAL WOOD The wild black cherry (Prunus serotina) is somewhat lighter in weight and a little softer than beech and birch; but it is nevertheless a dense, strong, hardwood of excellent wearing qualities, and with a color and figure which make it highly prized in the manufacture of exceptionally fine furniture and interior finish. The supply is not large, and Table 75 indicates that Table 75 • Factory Uses of Cherry Purpose Per Cent Furniture and Fixtures 24 Printing Material 17 Car Construction 16 Mill Work 14 Professional and Scientific Instruments . 6 Handles Brushes 4 Musical Instruments 3 Clocks 3 Ship and Boat Building 2 Boxes and Crates 1 Patterns 1 Other Uses 4 Total 100 nearly all the cherry is used for high-grade work.
Specific uses reported for cherry are for : Baskets Machine boxes Beds Musical instruments Boat finish Office fixtures Bookcases Panels Brick molds Partitions Brushes Parquetry Bushel crates Passenger cars Butter dishes Patterns Cabinets Piano actions Camera boxes Piano cases Card trays Piano players Cars (finish) Piano rails Casing Picture moldings Caskets Pilot wheels Chairs (posts, rounds) Pipe organ (cases, actions) Clock cases Plumbers' woodwork Coffins Plane handles Collar trays Road machines (cabs, boxes) Counters Sash Desks School furniture Doors Settees Dowels Shoe lasts Dressers Siding Flasks Spindle stock Flooring Spoons Electrotype blocks Store fixtures Engraving blocks Swings Glove stretchers Switchboards Handles (duster brush) Tables Handles (saw) Table drawers Interior finish Table legs Last blocks Tobacco pipes Level blocks Trays (jewelry) Level sticks Trim Library furniture Woodenware