21. When oranges suffer a hard freeze , the juice sacs inside crystallize and burst through the membranes. 22. Just before the hard freeze in mid-January, we replaced a 200-foot section of post and rail fence. 23. A hard freeze in 1898 was a setback, and many of the settlers left, including William Linton. 24. Except for large urban areas, a hard freeze is likely Wednesday night over much of the Northeast. 25. It had come during the night out of nowhere, a hard freeze at the end of April. 26. A hard freeze may damage the top, but the plant will return from the roots in spring. 27. Schrader added quickly, " you can just cut it down to the base after a hard freeze . 28. This perennial is evergreen except when there is a hard freeze , and will flower spring through fall. 29. "It's not a widespread hard freeze by any means but it will slow things down some ." 30. Wheat in that area, which includes Nebraska and northeastern Colorado, was spared by a hard freeze April 11.