Flowering might be delayed as it grows new tips. I would think you would be getting a great year for foliage and next year for fruit.

Thank you. That is what I was thinking, extrapolating from various things that I had read in the past.

But ya know what? Flowers have just started on good number of branches.

I am surprised by how soon the frozen leaves dropped. No replacement leaves, which I imagine allowed the tree to do flowers instead.