Dear Marianne Were they really cherries?. Cherries won't stay on the tree till leaf fall, ornamental apple would. A freak snow with tree having cherries won't make leaves disappear. Interesting to investigate.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Marianne de Nazareth < [email protected]> wrote: > To tell you the truth I thought you experts could throw some light for me > because it was rather sad to see the trees and their cherries encased in > ice. Could it have been a freak snow fall? > > Marianne > > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Marianne >> >> The photographs are wonderful but I am confused about the situation. I >> have seen such scenes in winter in Kashmir when there is a fresh snowfall >> and extreme chill in the night keeps snow sticking to branches. That part is >> expected, and icicles also may be seen when thawing starts and ice (melted >> snow subsequently frozen) starts dripping. But strangely the ground is >> completely without any snow, and most significant I have never seen cherries >> persisting on tree when the leaves have shed. I have seen rather ornamental >> Malus species in California persisting fruits when leaves are about to fall, >> but then California does not have have long snow filled winter season. >> Perhaps you can throw some light on this spectacular sight. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Ushadi micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> WONDERFUL!!!! >>> >>> Usha di.... >>> >>> >>> On Jun 15, 3:45 pm, Marianne de Nazareth <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > ------- >>> > >>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> > From: <[email protected]> >>> > Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 6:32 PM >>> > Subject: FW: Frozen cherry trees......... don't miss it...S >>> > To: >>> > >>> > *Frozen cherry trees - don't miss this picture.... it’s really nice!!!! >>> * >>> > >>> > [image: cid:[email protected]] >>> > >>> > [image: cid:[email protected]] >>> > >>> > [image: cid:[email protected]] >>> > >>> > [image: cid:[email protected]] >>> > >>> > [image: cid:[email protected]] >>> > >>> > Thanks and Regards >>> > >>> > Rithvik Shankar >>> > >>> > Associate Software Engineer, >>> > >>> > Ph:- 9916755233 >>> > >>> > * > * >>> > >>> > Accenture >>> > >>> > India Delivery Center - Bangalore >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain >>> > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have >>> > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete >>> the >>> > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > NIVEDITA UPADHYA >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > Former Asst. Editor The Deccan Herald >>> > Freelance Journalist >>> > Adjunct faculty St. Joseph's College & COMMITShttp:// >>> mariannedenazareth.blogspot.com/ >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > image003.jpg >>> > 159KViewDownload >>> > >>> > image002.jpg >>> > 224KViewDownload >>> > >>> > image005.jpg >>> > 210KViewDownload >>> > >>> > image004.jpg >>> > 262KViewDownload >>> > >>> > image001.jpg >>> > 139KViewDownload >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > Former Asst. Editor The Deccan Herald > Freelance Journalist > Adjunct faculty St. Joseph's College & COMMITS > http://mariannedenazareth.blogspot.com/ > > > >
