Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
It never shows up in hardwood market reports so there is no national market for it. My limited experience with it was warpage when air drying. A local factory bought it in 6/4 lumber and turned stair balusters. There are plenty of trees available and they tend to be tall, straight and free of lower branches. I saw 6/4 boards at this factory that were more than 36" wide (took two lumber rules end to end to scale them). It could be a good timber tree, but it must have some disadvantage that limits its appeal in the commercial market.

I turned some replacement balusters for the Barter Theater (drunken actor kicked them out). I found it turned nicely. I did not finish them.....probably painted.