Yes Vijayasankar ji Possible with Pyrus or Malus but I can;t imagine about cherries.
-- 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 Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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