Berry trees

[Big Ry]

Ok got some photos of the wood grain. This is a second piece id cut off the same tree. It was a stalk that had been previously cut near the base by the previous owner (so at least 5 years ago). I just cut the remaining ~8in off. The wood is noticeably darker and has some slight staining. It's still very solid and was very hard to cut and sand. I also microwaved it for 3 minutes to kill bugs. It was pretty hot coming out of the microwave!




Pith:


Outside pith:

 

[daniscool]

A couple hours hardly seems long enough to do anything

Works for Dan santana and on the two occasion I did it, it worked very well too.

Ok got some photos of the wood grain. This is a second piece id cut off the same tree. It was a stalk that had been previously cut near the base by the previous owner (so at least 5 years ago). I just cut the remaining ~8in off. The wood is noticeably darker and has some slight staining. It's still very solid and was very hard to cut and sand. I also microwaved it for 3 minutes to kill bugs. It was pretty hot coming out of the microwave!

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Pith:
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Outside pith:
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That looks consistent with c. mas. I’ll get a closer look tomorrow. It’s half past nine here in Austria and I can’t see let alone think straight anymore.

 

[Mr. Peet]

Last one looks very similar to the tree above but has slightly different leaves:
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This one looks like Smooth Winterberry, Ilex laevigata. The other one looked like regular Winterberry holly, Ilex verticillata.