Fig 19-16. Cold injury to strawberry crowns. Uninjured crowns would have white centers at A. 1. The most serious injury occurs when the cambium that carries sap and food is killed. Slight recovery is shown by new cambium in I and 3 at B. Plant 2 would not have recovered. The darkening of the centers of the crowns (C) is caused by the formation of frost crystals that break through the cell walls and oxidation follows, as in the browning of sliced apples.
