Dear Marriane.... is that all you have to say for this...? do you have any more information?
please tell us Usha di On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Marianne de Nazareth < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the insights and first hand experiences! > > regds, > > Marianne > > 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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