Could it be "haw" instead of "hall"?

I think hall trees are nice in the foyer - for holding coats, umbrellas, hats etc. And they seldom need fertilization.

Note - for more information try a Google search on "red haw" or Crataegus (the genus that includes hawthorn trees).

C. mollis is one of the trees commonly known as "red haw".

Thank you Eric. I agree that Hall Tree's are much easier to maintain and perhaps more functional in the house than out and certainly require far less fertilization.

I appreciate the information as I had asked him to spell the name of his tree to do an internet search - I will inform him that he needs to hang his jacket on his current cultivar found near the edge of his woods unless he would rather just learn the correct name of it.

Don't you just love how things get mis-represented with the English language?

I knew the garden-forum people were the greatest and would come up with an answer for us. And thanks for the direct link/picture.

We also had a single trunk tree on the farm that the family called a "Red Hull Tree". It grew along the creek bank and was very old. It produced a golf ball size red apple. My grandmother used them to make jelly and mixed them sometimes with other fruits. Very hard skin, ripened in the late fall. I believe it was native to central Ohio as there were others along fence rows and the edge of wood lots on the surrounding farms. I sure would like to know more about it and if the seedlings are available.

It is called a Red Haw and they are good for making Red Haw Jelly.

We ate them when I lived in Illinois. They are similar in taste to a crabapple but sweet. I loved them.