Pink ivory or something that looks like rose gold

So for some clarification:
In Europe we have the pear. This produces fruit and lumber. When steamed it looks slightly pinkish. Because the tree is small, nearly extinct in the wild and the demand is rising dramatically, people sought out some replacements. The most common replacement are sorbus species. I found a pic of a sorbus species on phinds site: http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/mountain ash.htm
apparently in America it’s called mountain ash. This pic resembles the Color that is most common in the lumberyards i have been to closely. It is perhaps a little too pink.

In Europe the species sorbus aucuparia and sorbus torminalis are also called ellesberry.
I was referring to the sorbus species. I did not know that in the US you use the name Swiss pear for the pyrus genus. This should explain what was going on.
 
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daniscool said:
So for some clarification:
In Europe we have the pear. This produces fruit and lumber. When steamed it looks slightly pinkish. Because the tree is small, nearly extinct in the wild and the demand is rising dramatically, people sought out some replacements. The most common replacement are sorbus species. I found a pic of a sorbus species on phinds site: http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/mountain ash.htm
apparently in America it’s called mountain ash. This pic resembles the Color that is most common in the lumberyards i have been to closely. It is perhaps a little too pink.

In Europe the species sorbus aucuparia and sorbus torminalis are also called ellesberry.
I was referring to the sorbus species. I did not know that in the US you use the name Swiss pear for the pyrus genus. This should explain what was going on.
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That mountain ash looks like what I've got
 
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It looks nothing like the other one in the post above
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I can agree there. Yet most of the pear (this time pyrus genus) I have seen before looked more like the ellesberry I posted before. I guess it comes down to different experiences with a species. I personally find this most interesting and am willing to have a deeper discourse in another thread.
 
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daniscool said:
I can agree there. Yet most of the pear (this time pyrus genus) I have seen before looked more like the ellesberry I posted before. I guess it comes down to different experiences with a species. I personally find this most interesting and am willing to have a deeper discourse in another thread.
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I'm mostly just annoyed about it, cause i had planned to use the Swiss pear in a project made solely from trees that produce commonly eaten raw fruit. I thought Swiss pear was one of them, but now it seems not? I've been collecting wood for this project for a while now, but it's been difficult to find certain species that are typically eaten. Maybe i should have just checked with orchards, but then I'm restricted to whatever is available locally.
 
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I'm mostly just annoyed about it, cause i had planned to use the Swiss pear in a project made solely from trees that produce commonly eaten raw fruit. I thought Swiss pear was one of them, but now it seems not? I've been collecting wood for this project for a while now, but it's been difficult to find certain species that are typically eaten. Maybe i should have just checked with orchards, but then I'm restricted to whatever is available locally.
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Aah well pear in the pyrus genus likely grows in your area. Also their endgrain is not similar so if you open an ID thread I or someone else could tell you about the wood. I understand your frustration though.
EDIT: I mistook pear for something else. Their endgrain is actually nearly indistinguishable.
 
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And my order arrived! Pretty pink! Thoughts on pear species?

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I can’t read the labels but I think the one on the far left is pear. The one on the inner right looks like the canary wood you said you were getting. The one on the far right I am not sure about but it might be unsteamed pear and the one on the inner left is a complete mystery to me.
 
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daniscool said:
I can’t read the labels but I think the one on the far left is pear. The one on the inner right looks like the canary wood you said you were getting. The one on the far right I am not sure about but it might be unsteamed pear and the one on the inner left is a complete mystery to me.
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From left to right it's Swiss pear, box elder, red canarywood, and yellow Rosa. The Swiss pear looks a little different than the piece i already have. I didn't check species on the pear, but these all came from Rare Woods USA in Maine. Box elder is self explanatory. I believe red canarywood is a different species than regular yellow canarywood, but don't quote me on that. The yellow Rosa is a mystery to me. I've never heard of this wood before, but it's a creamy yellow kinda looks yellowheart, except is got wisps of pink all through. It's a really pretty wood. The lighting in my dining room isn't very good, but these are more pink than this photo suggests.
 
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The yellow Rosa is a mystery to me. I've never heard of this wood before, but it's a creamy yellow kinda looks yellowheart, except is got wisps of pink all through. It's a really pretty wood. The lighting in my dining room isn't very good, but these are more pink than this photo suggests.
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Rare Woods says that "yellow rosa" is a species of Aspidosperma, which means that it's related to (or maybe the same as?) peroba (Aspidosperma polyneuron), which can indeed be pinkish and is sometimes sold as peroba rosa. Or maybe you have a different Aspidosperma. I dunno.
 
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Rare Woods says that "yellow rosa" is a species of Aspidosperma, which means that it's related to (or maybe the same as?) peroba (Aspidosperma polyneuron), which can indeed be pinkish and is sometimes sold as peroba rosa. Or maybe you have a different Aspidosperma. I dunno.
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I have heard of peroba rosa but have never worked with it before. Thanks
 
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From left to right it's Swiss pear, box elder, red canarywood, and yellow Rosa. The Swiss pear looks a little different than the piece i already have. I didn't check species on the pear, but these all came from Rare Woods USA in Maine. Box elder is self explanatory. I believe red canarywood is a different species than regular yellow canarywood, but don't quote me on that. The yellow Rosa is a mystery to me. I've never heard of this wood before, but it's a creamy yellow kinda looks yellowheart, except is got wisps of pink all through. It's a really pretty wood. The lighting in my dining room isn't very good, but these are more pink than this photo suggests.
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Ah well 1 and a half right. Got the pear and sorta got the pink canary wood. Should have guessed the FBE and I have never heard of the last one so it’s fair that I didn’t know that one.
 
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daniscool said:
Ah well 1 and a half right. Got the pear and sorta got the pink canary wood. Should have guessed the FBE and I have never heard of the last one so it’s fair that I didn’t know that one.
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Rare Woods says it's Pyrus Communis

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