A common belief is that rapid growth in coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) results in decreased outerwood quality. In Oregon, the opposite pattern has been reported for stands with Swiss Needle Cast, in which a native fungus causes pre-mature needle drop and an increase in latewood proportion (LW%), wood density, stiffness (MOE), and strength (MOR). Using a combination of new and existing data, we compared properties of outerwood of about 25 yrs age from 18 healthy and 14 diseased stands with direct tests (6-8 beams from 7-12 trees/stand, 2 614 beams total) and indirect SilviScanII tests (1 sample for each of the 366 trees). As seen before, diseased stands showed a decrease in wood quality with growth rate: ring count was strongly and positively correlated with density, MOE, and MOR (r2 = 0.74, 0.65, and 0.63), and LW% was positively correlated with ring count, density, MOE, and MOR (r2=0.50, 0.62, 0.30, and 0.44). In contrast, healthy stands had no significant effect of ring count on density, MOE, or MOR. LW% was weakly and significantly correlated with MOE (r2=0.25) but not with ring count, density, or MOR. Among healthy stands, growth acceleration had no adverse effects on outerwood properties.