It is situated high in the mountains, the so-called "cold zone", at about 2500 m altitude.

The coldest zone 1 in the upper reaches of northern Canada goes below 50 degrees.

"Sure a player can get a hit in a cold zone, but it shows tendencies," said Filippelli.

(To a British child growing up in a cold temperate zone, a natural idea.)

"You can plant in colder zones, like 4 or 5, if you get a heavy snow cover."

Some commercial fryers have a "cold zone" at the bottom of the fry pot.

This summer, if anything, it appears that Queens is a cold zone.

Even in colder zones, you can probably cultivate some of the new cold climate hybrids.

'Trooper, you know the cold zones are off limits,' he said smoothly.

The game also incorporated a strike zone divided into nine areas of the plate designed as "hot and cold zones".