Here you see one of our local “wild” apple trees that is older than 100 years trying to get some sun yesterday in the chilly morning.
Note that she’s still hanging onto a few apparently edible fruit, even though the morning temperature reached the day’s low of 31 degrees (F).
Below is another old, abandoned apple tree that is holding onto a few red apples.:
Apples are high in sugar and have a hard skin. They don’t start to freeze until the temperatures fall to about 28-28.5 degrees for several days, according to the literature. On the other hand, the reports indicate that temperatures of 22 degrees and below will freeze the apples solid, breaking down their cells into something that you probably wouldn’t want to eat.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 14, 2022.)