Educational Guides
Which wood burns best?
Practical British Forestry by C. P. Ackers
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Beechwood fires are bright and clear if the logs are kept a year.
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Chestnut's only good, they say, if for long it's laid away.
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Birch and Fir logs burn too fast, blaze up 'bright' and do not last
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Elmwood burns like church yard mould, even the very flames are cold
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Poplar gives a bitter smoke, fills your eyes and makes you choke.
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Applewood will scent your room with incense like perfume.
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Oak and Maple, if dry and old, keep away the winter cold
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But Ashwood wet and Ashwood dry, a king shall warm his slippers by.
