I agree. I'd set that lumber aside for a more deserving project and get some poplar or alder.
Some years back I did an upfit for a doctor's office. When I received the doors, all birch veneer, we had one door that was curly with huge stripes in it. It was a 'tiger stripe' to my way of thinking. After staining and varnishing it, the doctor's wife insisted the we replace it. I was appalled at her lack of knowledge of the rarity of such a finish.