sharp freeze

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When the Bureau predicts a sharp freeze, the farmers build small fires in their orchards, or turn on a good deal of water.

From How We are Fed A Geographical Reader by Chamberlain, James Franklin

In the spring of the year however it warmed up, the Carpathians leafed out and were about ready to bloom when there was a sharp freeze, and the Carpathians sure got it in the neck.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association

A sharp freeze before the leaves expect it often cuts them off before they are ripe.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen