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A so-called "ghost apple".
(Andrew Sietsema)
Freezing rain this week caused the formation of an icy spectacle on an orchid near Sparta, Michigan: "ghost apples".
Local resident, Andrew Sietsema, first spotted the strange phenomenon when pruning apple trees in the Fruit Ridge area of Kent County. He then visited Facebook with pictures of glass-like orbs, nicknamed the "ghost apple" ice cream creation.
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who were a variety known as Jonagold. Later, when Sietsema started cutting trees, "mush" fell to the bottom of the ice shells, leaving only the envelopes behind, he told Fox News on Friday.
"Jonagolds is one of my favorite apple varieties, but we're going to call these Jonaghosts," he joked. (Andrew Sietsema)
"I suppose it was cold enough that the ice on the apple was not melted yet, but it was warm enough for the inside apple to turn into a porridge ( apples have a freezing point lower than water), "he said. . "And when I was pruning a tree, it was shaking and the porridge was slipping from the bottom of the" ghost apple. "
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While most apples were falling trees – ice and all – "many of them would leave one" Phantom apple, "he continued, joking that the creations could also be called" ghosts of Jona ".
Friday afternoon, photos of Sietsema on ghost apples had been shared about 10,000 times.
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