Species Inventoried / Qualities Offered

Appalachian Red Oak — 4/4, 5/4, 6/4: The natural color of Red Oak ranges from reddish brown to a decided reddish tinge, particularly near knots. It's color is warm and pleasant and its figure is especially attractive in novelty finish presentations. Red Oak is hard and heavy, with medium bending strength, stiffness and high crushing strength. Mostly used in kitchen cabinets, furniture, architectural millwork and flooring. Red Oak tends to vary in color, texture and characteristics from region to region, so we recommend working with your Hermitage Hardwoods representative to find what suits your needs.
Appalachian White Oak — 4/4, 5/4, 6/4: The natural color of White Oak ranges from a light brown with a grayish tinge of the heartwood. The wood has good color, a naturally attractive figure and a fine texture for a coarse-grained wood together with a natural resilience and warmth. White Oak is hard and heavy, with medium bending strength, stiffness and high crushing strength. Used in furniture, paneling, kitchen cabinets, doors, architectural millwork and flooring. Like the Red Oak, White Oak varies in color, texture and characteristics from region to region.
Appalachian Ash — 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4: Ash has properties particularly suitable for furniture. It possesses sufficient strength and hardness but is not too hard to work satisfactorily. It holds its shape well. It exhibits a good figure and takes and excellent finish. Our Ash is medium textured and light colored. Uses include high-end millwork and moulding, doors, kitchen cabinets, tool handles, sporting goods and flooring.
Yellow Poplar (Tulipwood) — 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4: Yellow Poplar is suited to the manufacture of any wood product which does not require the ultimate in hardness and strength. It possesses most of the remaining properties required in abundance and is very easily worked. It has an excellent surface for taking and holding paint or enamel for a permanent finish which is not equaled by most hardwoods. Poplar is a medium-density wood with low bending, shock resistance, stiffness and compression values, with a medium steam bending classification. Often used in light construction, furniture manufacturing and mouldings.
Appalachian Cherry — 4/4: Cherry is noted for its superior atmospheric-moisture resistance qualities, shrinking and swelling less and holding the finish better than any other wood. There is no other cabinet wood more free from warping propensities. Its natural finish is beautiful and it takes an excellent Walnut or Mahogany finish. Cherry is a medium-density wood with good wood bending properties. It has a low stiffness and medium strength and shock resistance. Popular for furniture and cabinetry, high-end millwork, turnings, musical instruments, boat interiors and paneling.
Appalachian Black Walnut — 4/4: American Walnut has an endless variety of figures, most of which are a distinct Walnut type seldom seen in other woods. The wood has various shades of brown coloring but is never black. The natural coloring of Walnut is characteristically light and warm and is so nearly neutral that it harmonies with any kind of decorative color scheme. Known throughout the ages as the Royal Cabinet Wood, Walnut has all the desirable properties for an all-purpose wood. Walnut is a tough, hard timber of medium density, with moderate bending and crushing strengths and low stiffness. A favored wood for doors, flooring, architectural interiors, cabinetry and high-end millwork.
Appalachian White Hard Maple — 4/4: Maple is one of the few woods whose sapwood is more valuable that its heartwood because of its clean white appearance and freedom of defects. The sapwood is generally white with a slight reddish-brown tinge. The annual growth rings are usually marked by brown or reddish-brown lines. Hard Maple ranks high among hardwoods as one of the best cabinet and furniture woods and possesses a versatility of use that suits it for a wide variety of valuable purposes in many other industries. Hard Maple is very hard and heavy with good strength properties, including a high resistance to abrasion and wear. It also has good steam bending properties. Mainly used for flooring, paneling, kitchen cabinets, tabletops, and interior stairs, handrails, mouldings and doors.
Appalachian Soft Maple — 4/4: Soft Maple is similar to Hard Maple in appearance and many characteristics, although it is somewhat lighter in color with a more pronounced grain figure. It is not as hard, heavy or stiff as Hard Maple. The most important use for Soft Maple is for furniture by itself or combined with Hard Maple. Soft Maple takes all the standard furniture finishes very well and is usually finished in the traditional Maple finish of a honey-tone.
Appalachian Basswood — 4/4, 5/4: Basswood is light in weight and color. It is moderate to low in strength, soft and close in texture, easily workable, straight-grained and easily glued. It has excellent nailing and screwing properties and a fine ability to take paint and enamel finishes. Basswood has the most common and al-around versatility of any of the American hardwoods, chiefly because it is so soft and workable.
Appalachian Hickory — 4/4: The sapwood of Hickory is usually white while the heartwood us red or reddish brown. While other woods may excel in a single property, Hickory has a combination of strength, stiffness, hardness, elasticity and shock resistance not found in any other wood. It is one of the heaviest of the hardwood species. It is excellent for any use which requires a hard, tough, practically unbreakable wood. It's primary use is for striking tool handles such as hammers, axes and sledges.

Qualities Offered

FAS/1F — 5" & wider, 7' & longer.
In White Oak, 6" and wider, allowing max. abt. 10-15% 4" & 5"widths
#1 Common — 3" & wider, 4' & longer.
#2 Common — 3" & wider, 4' & longer.