We have "ghost apples"

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We have "ghost apples" edited to add photo

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...y/1762758353&usg=AOvVaw2nLeK4ATJV0mPs3OBOXt_4

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Whatever it is - over here we can't see it . . .
 

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Thanks Al - a good try - but still the same

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But in the pic you put as teaser I can see that cold weather is performing it's tricks.
 

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Thanks Al - a good try - but still the same

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Ah, ok.
At first I thought it was a fake, but the explanation was:
Rotted apples left on tree became encased in ice, turned to mush, and then leaked out the bottom before the ice melted.
 

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Hello

That might be so - or not - have to check my garden one of these days.

Encased in ice - yes.

Turned to mush - in subzero ( centigrade ) temp - not likely

Mush having lower liquid temp than ice? No no & NO !


Whatever - the pic is nice.
 

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Encased in ice - yes.

Turned to mush - in subzero ( centigrade ) temp - not likely

Mush having lower liquid temp than ice? No no & NO !


Whatever - the pic is nice.

From the article:
"the temperature provided the perfect recipe: it was cold enough for the ice to remain, but warm enough for the apples to turn to complete mush, since apples have a lower freezing point than water."
And yes that's possible, it's the principle behind those first aid ice-packs: It's water and starch.
When they DO freeze they they're colder than plain ice and take longer to become liquid.
Same principle explains seawater not freezing until about 28 degrees F but in that case it's the salt..
 
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