Peach for Fireplace use?

I saw this today, in the countryside in Lancaster County, PA. Peach gets little mention in here, people say yes it's ok, and good to use for smoking or cooking.

It is any good for burning in a fireplace? does it give off a pleasant peach fruit smell?

When I burn Cherry I never even get a hint of a cherry smell in living space, and I always thought that was due the FP having a good draft and the cherry logs being well seasoned, all the aroma evaporated away with the moisture.

I stopped to look at the logs, they seem partly seasoned, saw some splitting at the ends. Pieces were all massively crooked and bent, I didn't see one straight log in any of the bins. This was at a farm and fruit market, presumably from their orchards.

 

Oh boy let's go buy some firewood with an infestation in it plus it is probably still wet or green.

 

Why will it be anymore infested than any other FW from those listed counties in PA? Other then TOH the lantern flies don't favor or dislike any particular tree species.

 

If the price was better..... maybe. Most all fruit wood is on the denser side of most stuff. Dry wood is dry wood tho, so has about the same btu value.

 

I never noticed any aroma burning fruitwoods. Most fruitwoods are higher btu so good firewood.
Not a bad price which comes out to $200 a cord. Im doubting its dry enough for a good burn.

 

Last week I put a piece of persimmon in our fireplace just to test it out compared to my normal burning of ash and pine.

I walked to the mailbox and my neighbor walked over to chat and immediately said " are you burning Persimmon"? Smelled great outside but I really couldn't tell much inside the house.

 

I can tell when Cherry is burning. It has a pleasant sweet smoke smell. Imo it’s as distinct as Hickory.

 

Imo, peach does have a pleasant smell when burning as do most fruit woods. It isn't overpowering though, and I can see how some might not even notice. Of all the fruit woods apple, to me, is the most fragrant. 60 dollars for a small bin of wet and diseased wood that isn't even split of any variety is a hard no in my book.

 

I see a pattern that people located outside a SLF area (PA Map) believe the sign means the wood is contaminated.

That's not the meaning, as I understand it. The seller is going one step further than most others to comply with an existing quarantine, reference. Summary, there's a quarantine in place (since Mar 2021) but there is no requirement to place signs nor to have people sign anything to acknowledge.

Can any one from PA point out if I am misunderstanding this.

 

For that price I would want to use the wood in my grill or smoker or even make charcoal with it.

It is illegal to bring any firewood into the state of PA that is not heat treated or certified. Firewood should also not be moved out of a quarantined area to a non quarantined area. It is also recommended to burn locally cut firewood (25 miles). Complete regulations and recommendations are at the following link:

Pennsylvania - Don't Move Firewood