Hornbeam and Wild Cherry

I have two new species of wood in my collection. The first is a wild cherry. There are many wild cherries growing in this area and they blossom beautifully every spring together with blackthorn bushes. But many trees are very old and we found one of them uprooted this winter.

The heartwood has a pretty shade of brown, the sapwood was completely white during carving, but later it oxidized to orange hue. The lower picture also shows a white strip that remained between them.

On the other hand, hornbeam wood is very pale, but it has very interesting patterns.