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By Marylee Shrider, The Bakersfield Californian Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 27--Gaylord Beeson is used to double takes.
With umbrella-size leaves sprouting from more than 250 trees around his Rosedale home, he expects a question or two.
The trees are Australian paulownia, a fast-growing, hardwood variety he raises as a wood crop.
It's an experiment Beeson has yet to profit from. Still, he expects to fill a niche market in Japan, where the lightweight wood is sought for fine furniture, musical instruments and paneling.