The baluster bottom is a dowel, the top you fin. nail between the fillets to the bottom of the handrail.
You can use a nosing for the bottom & screw up into the balusters as well at the floor level but the treads will still use the dowels... I haven't seen balusters connected with a shoe moldings?
Red Maple, Silver Maple, Box Elder are sof maples and is about 25 percent less hard than hard maple ( Sugar Maple, Black Maple ) both are harder than poplar which is a medium density wood.
http://www.hardwood.org/
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