I have seen (also touched and experienced:) this kind of ice formation on Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) trees, here in oxford, mississippi, during last winter, when the trees were bearing ripe fruits.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Ushadi micromini < [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all: > I think we are wowing a forwarded (many times over) set of > pictures... > seems it has been making rounds... original postor may have > absconded... > > first, after the initial wow, I thought could this be a hoax? > ANS: do not know... > > Second: Could these icicles be man made? > ANS... yes could be... > similar to the scenario in FLORIA and Georgia... > where citrus is grown... if in december the forecast is for below > freezing to freezing temperature in the nite... then farmers are > advised ( and they do it ) to sprinkle enough water on the trees so > that the water would freeze around (completely ) the oranges and that > frozen water at 0 degrees C would act as a thermal blanket of sorts... > and protect the fruits and trees from the merciless below freezing > temperatures... > > something like that may have happened here... > > BUT I /we must not get taken in by forwarded and re-forwarded > messages from now on... > > > Usha di > ========== > > my question to Marrianne: do you know the people who forwarded these > to you, are they hoaxters or reliable folks? > > or do they know who sent these to them in the first place? > ========== > > > > On Jun 16, 5:38 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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: 9810359089http://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. 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