I think you’re right. The Hollow Log that’s circulating I don’t think is Hollow Log at all. It looks very similar to Tarbutton. I tried to see if Horne Creek or Big Horse had a picture but no luck. Salt Spring seems to have the true Hollow Log. Much different large green apple. Thanks for pointing that out. There has been two apples circulating as Hollow Log for some time now. I always thought the striped one was it but after fruiting it last year it’s impossible. I got 3 trees I’ll probably remove. Yates is a better apple here for sure.
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Horne Creek has no picture of Hollow Log. But reports in their description it is a large Yellow Apple.
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I agree, read the same thing. That is why I bought the apple tree. When I contacted Century Farm Orchards David said it is a small apple from what knew. So it was a huge disappointment for me when it started fruiting. So, next year I am taking that tree out and putting another apple variety in that would be a lot more useful.
Looked back in a few nursery sales catalog pre-1900 and they all say a large yellow apple too.
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That is what I had read as well. Strange the differences we are seeing here.
That’s also where I sourced my Hollow log trees. I think Danny is right. Upon closer inspection I’m nearly certain it’s Tarbutton we’ve got.
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Thanks to everyone that has responded. Now I believe no it is a Tarbutton apple. WAY too small of an apple for anything useful, unfortunately.
Tarbuttons are small but usually very tasty. A good lunch box apple or something to shove in your pocket going hunting. A good cider and jelly apple as well.
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I have a hollow log tree from David as well. No apples yet. As I recall, it was an early apple and I was hoping for some early harvest.
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Yes, Late June through August they say. I wanted to include it in my collection of “everbearing apple trees”; but now I wonder if I’d get true to type now.
It is an earlier apple. Very pretty apple and it is a tasty apple. JUST very, very small. I was shocked when they all are so small. I wish I could justify finding a good use for all the small apples. Just too small for my liking. Glad to find finally out this is normal size for this apple variety.
Too small to feed my horses, too small to give to smaller children. More like a bigger crab apple size.
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Not sure what is was with Georgia and very small tasty apples. Tarbutton and Yates are what I call “Applecrabs”. Terry Winter is medium to small as well. Hall and Little Benny are a lot like Terry Winter in great taste but small size. I am going to have them as kids apples along with Beachemwell and Vixen. Pionier might be my small mid-season apple; but I keep reading it grows a lot larger out of it’s Romanian home. 140 grams versus 200 here. There is also Georgia’s hapless old small “Bart”. But I’m going to pass on that one.
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I think they used these applecrabs for making hard cider.
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