Cherry (American Black) Characteristics

Extremely popular with cabinetmakers. Cherry is easy to work, fine textured, strong and fairly durable. Highly rated in all working properties including wood bending and turning. Becomes darker and richer with age.

Color Range
Reddish brown with a golden luster. Freshly cut cherry is often very pale, but the wood oxidizes to its famously favorable rich brown red in time.

Other Names
Black cherry, Capulin, Cherry, Chisos wild cherry, Choke cherry, Edwards Plateau cherry, Escarpment cherry, Gila choke cherry, Mountain black cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry, Southwestern chokecherry, Whiskey cherry, Wild black cherry

What's the Tree Like?
Reaches heights of up to 100 feet, about 80 feet average, with a tall trunk of about 24'' in diameter.

Cherry (American Black) grows in
Eastern USA, Eastern Canada.


The finest kitchens feature butcher block countertops throughout. Butcher block counter tops are natural, beautiful, practical, renewable, economical, and, contrary to popular belief, one of the safest, most sanitary kitchen work surfaces available. Our butcher block counter tops are made from the best quality northern hard rock maple, lytpus, and Cherry woods. We offer a wide selection of standard sizes and thicknesses in both edge grain and end grain.


All of our butcher block products are custom made to order. This allows you to order the exact size and shape you need with out having to buy unfinished blanks and cut them down yourself.

We do not carry any inventory of butcher block countertops as we only custom build countertops to customer supplied specification which means you supply us with your specifications and we build your tops.

We can build just about any style, shape or size you need up to and in some cases over 8 feet in length and 50 inches in width.

The sizes we list above in the drop down menu are simply "Our Most Common" sizes and do not require a quote submittal for purchase. Simply select your size, detail, finishing method and proceed to checkout. Upon checkout you shall receive an e-mail order confirmation and your project build schedule. In most cases projects are completed within 3-5 weeks. We also contact you by phone to verify your order is correct and all dimensions are accurate before we start to build your butcher block.

If you do not see the style, shape or size you are looking for in the menu above then simply e-mail us for a free quote. We will get back to you by or before the close of the same business day in most every case. You will then be able to view your quote on the "Quote Pickup Page" where it will be available for purchase at any time under the quoted price for 14 days before being removed from the list.

We invite any and all questions you may have concerning your potential purchase of a butcher block product. We will gladly answer all of your questions anytime. We want to ensure the choice you make in purchasing butcher block from The Butcher Block Top is the right choice for your family and your home. Please do not hesitate to call or e-mail and ask any questions you may have.

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