[Action-America]

I'd love to plant a half-dozen of these babies in Ma's front yard which looks like the prairie now that the old trees have been cut down.

That might be rather difficult, since between the Chinese deal and a UN sustainable development project that they are involved in, every seedling that they can produce for the next 20 years is already taken.  Nice business though, if you can get in on it.  Imagine a business where everything that you can produce for 20 years is already pre-sold.

[Yardstick]

Have you seen one of these trees, by chance? I'm just wondering what they look like, whether they're pretty or not. I'm amazed at how quickly these trees grow, considering that they're hardwoods. Their website claims the wood is similar to ash. I looked at the pic of the grain, and sure enough -- it looks very similar to ash.