Sapwood

A feller that kin kick like that didn't orter be called Sapwood nor Saphead nor Sapanything.

Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Sapwood of old and stunted pines is composed of more rings than that of young and thrifty specimens.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood forms a much larger proportion of some trees than others, but being on the outer circumference it always forms a large proportion of the timber, and even in sound, hard pine will be from 40 per cent to 60 per cent of the tree and in some cases much more.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood varies in width and in the number of rings which it contains even in different parts of the same tree.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood yellow, heartwood reddish brown, shrinks and checks considerably in drying, works well and stands well, and takes a fine polish.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood yellow, heartwood brown on the end face, yellow on the longitudinal faces, soon turning grayish brown if exposed.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood is generally of a white or light color, almost invariably lighter in color than the heartwood, and is very conspicuous in the darker-colored woods, as for instance the yellow sapwood of mahogany and similiar colored woods, and the reddish brown heartwood; or the yellow sapwood of _Lignum-vitae_ and the dark green heartwood.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood dries faster than heartwood, and pine more rapidly than oak or other hardwoods.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood light, heartwood darker brown, and is readily distinguishable from the sapwood, which very early turns into heartwood.

Seasoning of Wood

Sapwood yellowish white, heartwood reddish to brown.

Seasoning of Wood