Ghost Apples

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.

Ghost apples. 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. 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. 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. “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.

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. 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. 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. 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

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 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 An ice storm at a western Michigan orchard mesmerizing so-called "ghost apples" dangling from trees. The ice formations spotted at a Kent County orchard are the same shape and size as regular apples. ghost apple 2 (Photo/Andrew Sietsema) The ridge is a topographical land feature located northwest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is considered to be an agricultural mecca, according to fruitridgemarket.com.The area supplies 60 percent of Michigan's apples.

"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. 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. 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. 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.