Q: We've been having a finishing problem. We're seeing differences that aren't acceptable in the way that yellow birch and white birch finish; that is, they don't look the same after finishing. Can ...

For every kind of tree, there is a season of the year when it's at its best — a time when a certain feature of the tree makes an impression on us and forms a strong association with the season. Sugar ...

Editor's Note: This column first appeared in the York Weekly in 2013. Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of its ...

Shakes from white shoulders, green reluctant leaves. THE white birch of our northern woods seems to hold within its veins more of the elixir of ancient Pagandom than any other of our impulsive, ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...

BOOKIES have slashed odds across the board after beloved grey White Birch was ruled out for the remainder of the season. John Murphy’s star four-year-old colt has been missing since May, when he was ...

My white birch tree, which is about 40 years old, suddenly looks bad. Within a few days I noticed that a whole bunch of leaves had fallen off; one branch is completely bare. Also, all the other leaves ...

Any doubts about whether last year's Derby third White Birch is a genuine group 1 horse were blown away when the 4-year-old produced a top-class performance to land the Gold Cup (G1) for trainer John ...

Editor's Note: This column first appeared in the York Weekly in 2013. Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of its ...