Ghost Apples
A man pruning apple trees in an icy orchard in Michigan on Wednesday discovered a very odd phenomenon: ghost apples. Andrew Sietsema shot photos of the hollow ice apples in the Fruit Ridge area of.
ghost apples. The wacky winter weather over the last few days has left behind an interesting phenomenon in a Michigan town, where “ghost apples” are appearing on trees. If there are any horticulturalists out there that might have any insight as to how these apples formed, or how rare the set of circumstances need to be for ghost apples to appear, please do get in. For the apple lover seeking a truly unique variety, the Ghost apple is in a category by itself. Completely white skin and flesh with sweet, sub-acid flavor, a taste pleaser at several fruit tastings. Does well in hot climates. Low-chill, but high chill adaptable.
Ghost apples are created when freezing rain settles on the fruit and ices over immediately, creating a frozen coating. Apples have a lower freezing point than water, so when it gets a bit warmer the apple defrosts before the ice does, the rotting apple falls out of the bottom leaving its icy 'ghost' behind. "Ghost apples" found while pruning apple trees in Kent County, Mich., on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. (Photo: Andrew Sietsema) Fruit Ridge is a premier fruit-growing region northwest of Grand Rapids. Ghost apples. Posted by Andrew Sietsema on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 Lots of fruits are out of season here in the northern hemisphere thanks to a rather harsh winter and a visit from our old.
Ghost apples can happen when ice casings of apples hang from a tree. Andrew Sietsema/Facebook. Get the latest from TODAY. Sign up for our newsletter. SUBSCRIBE. Feb. 13, 2019, 3:15 PM UTC The Great Cold Snap of 2019 has given us a ton of terms we didn’t know we needed: Frost quakes. Snow squalls. Steam fog. Now we can add another one to the list: ghost apples. Andrew Sietsema was. While icy conditions wreaked havoc in Michigan this week, they also produced a stunning sight at an orchard in the western part of the state.
Michigan farmer Andrew Sistema found the ghost apples while pruning his trees in Kent County. The rare phenomenon is a result of the freezing air from the polar vortex that has engulfed the Midwest. "Most apples just fell off, ice and all. But quite a few would leave a cool "ghost apple" behind," Sietsema said. "Jonagolds are one of my favorite apple varieties, but we'll call these 'Jonaghosts.'" White Transparent is an early-season cultivar of apple which is usually used for cooking due to its sharp taste. It is sometimes said to be the same as 'Yellow Transparent', but 'Yellow Transparent' is sometimes described differently, with fine rather than coarse flesh, and a sub-acid rather than acid flavour.
Dip the apples into the melted candy; Place the candy coated apples on the wax paper; Using a spoon, add a 3-4 extra scoops of melted Candi Quik over the top of the apple to create a ghost shape at the bottom; Let the candy apple ghosts dry for an hour or so until hardened; Add the ghost eyes and mouth with black gel icing “Most apples just fell off, ice and all. But quite a few would leave a cool ‘ghost apple’ behind,” Sietsema shared. Andrew Sietsema / FACEBOOK. Needless to say, more people are going to be venturing out in the orchards in freezing weather to try and find ghost apples of their own. While a rare treat for most, ghost apples are not. Hinter dem Namen GHOST AND APPLES lanciert ein akustisch sich bewegendes Folk-Pop-Trio aus Hamburg. Mit einem waschechten Hanseaten, einer Südländerin aus dem tiefsten Bayern und einem slawischen Ostfriesen treffen drei umtriebige Musiker zusammen und vereinen das entstehende musikalische Ansuchen zu einem handgemachten Klang, in folkig-popigem Gewand.
As of Friday afternoon, Sietsema’s photos of the ghost apples had been shared roughly 10,000 times. Madeline Farber is a Reporter for Fox News. You can follow her on Twitter @MaddieFarberUDK.