Apple wood as fuel.

[Mang]

I've just collected some seasoned apple from a neighbours garden for smoking jerky later in the summer, when I got there I discovered loads of it. Is it any good on a fire, over and above smelling nice and being used with food?

Bushcraft & Survival Skills magazine did a feature based on info from the Aboricultural Information Exchange and it rated it a grade 3 (out of 4 which is good) and says well seasoned wood burns slowly with little flame and a lot of heat so is good for cooking. I just wondered if anyone has used it.

[GaryBeaner]

Try this Mang, hope it helps.
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs315001.pdf

[Ben Casey]

Cool link :)

[Sleepy]

anyone got a link to or a copy of the words of that song about fire woods?

[jus_young]

These hardwoods burn well and slowly,
Ash, beech, hawthorn oak and holly.
Softwoods flare up quick and fine,
Birch, fir, hazel, larch and pine.
Elm and willow you'll regret,
Chestnut green and sycamore wet

Its in the link that GaryBeaner posted

[J_P]

Great to carve and burn buddy.... oh and ...
this poems by Honor Goodhart and was written during the 1926 coal strike in England. It was originally published in punch in 1926, and has been variously reprinted since then. its a lesson in its own right .....

Logs to burn; logs to burn;
Logs to save the coal a turn.

Here's a word to make you wise
when you hear the woodman's cries;
Never heed his usual tale
That he's splendid logs for sale
But read these lines & really learn
The proper kind of logs to burn.

Oak logs will warm you well,
If they're old and dry.
Larch logs of pinewoods smell
But the sparks will fly.
Beech logs for Christmas time;
Yew logs heat well;
'Scotch' logs it is a crime
For anyone to sell.
Birch logs will burn too fast;
Chestnut scarce at all;
Hawthorn logs are good to last
If cut in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax,
You should burn them green;
Elm logs like smouldering flax,
No flame to be seen.
Pear logs and apple logs,
They will scent your room;
Cherry logs across the dogs
Smell like flowers in bloom,
But ash logs all smooth and grey
Burn them green or old,
Buy up all that come your way
They're worth their weight in gold.

Honor Goodhart, 1926

[Mang]

Thanks for the posts folks. I guess the best thing to do is burn some and see! Why didn't I think of that before starting the thread?:rolleye:

[Ashley Cawley]

Try this Mang, hope it helps.
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs315001.pdf
Great link there Gary! Thanks for sharing.
T^

anyone got a link to or a copy of the words of that song about fire woods?
There's an article on the NaturalBushcraft website that has a couple of them on and tree facts at the bottom... http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/fire/firewood-poems-trees-woods.html

[MikeWilkinson]

http://zenstoves.net/Wood.htm

Scroll down to the bottom, there is a really good table with the burning/splitting and ignition properties of several woods. Also there are several poems in which to remember them by.

[Sleepy]

Was asking for that rhyme / song somewhere on here j_p, thankyou!