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Art and graft: one tree bears 40 fruit
The Tree of 40 Fruit is a project creating a series of hybridised trees, each of which grows several kinds of stone fruits, including peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries and almonds. Each unique, one-of-a-kind …Varsity · 19 hours ago
This One Tree Grows 40 Different Types Of Fruit, Is Probably From The Future
If you're wondering how our food will be grown eons from now, a good place to start your research might be -- not so surprisingly -- in the contemporary art world. One need only visit the website of one Sam Van Aken, an American artist who's made it his ...The Huffington Post · ByKatherine Brooks · 7/24/2014
One tree, 40 types of fruit
Artist rendering of The Tree of 40 Fruits Courtesy of Sam Van Aken "It's flattering. It's amazing. But yeah, it's overwhelming," Van Aken said. The art professor grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. A few years ago, he learned New York's agricultural ...CBS News · 8/7/2014
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Tree with 40 fruit varieties? Grow your own
Artist rendering of the Tree of 40 Fruit (Photo: Sam Van Aken courtesy of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts) A single tree that bears 40 different fruits? It's not the product of magic, but years of careful grafting by artist Sam Van Aken. The Tree of 40 Fruit ...USA Today · 8/11/2014
The Tree of 40 Fruit is exactly as awesome as it sounds
Award-winning contemporary artist and Syracuse University art professor Sam Van Aken grew up on a family farm in Reading, Pennsylvania, but he spent his college years and much of his early career focused on art rather than agriculture. While Van Aken ...FOX News · 7/30/2014
‘The Tree Of Forty Fruits’ Grows Forty Fruits All At Once And It Isn’t Genetically Modified [Video]
For example, the organic community would be shocked to hear about “The Tree of Forty Fruits,” which is a tree that grows, well, 40 fruits. However, they’ll be more surprised to find out it is not genetically modified. According to Science Alert ...The Inquisitr · 2/15/2015
Falling Out of the Family Tree
That is, until about 10 million years ago, when a single amino acid replacement rendered ADH4 40-fold better at the job ... and where do you find old fruit? Well, older fruit is more often found on the ground.” More than …The Scientist · 3/1/2015
National Tree Week: Why we all need the comfort of a tree
This week is National Tree Week, so holistic gardener Fiann Ó Nualláin has ... or an apple (Malus spp). Both have edible fruits (but poison pips) that are high in pectin, so make great jams and improve the functioning …Irish Examiner · 1 day ago
Artist creates multicolored trees that grow 40 different types of fruit
A project by artist Sam Van Aken will delight lovers of fruit. The Tree of 40 Fruit is a project in which a single tree is modified to bear over 40 different types of stone fruit. Van Aken began the Tree of 40 Fruit project in 2008 and has been creating ...Gizmag · 8/4/2014
The tree that bears 40 DIFFERENT fruit: Magical-looking plant produces varieties of peaches, plums, apricots and cherries
Mr Van Aken explained that most stone-fruits are easily compatible. The 'Tree of 40 Fruit' project was created using something known as chip grafting. The process involves taking a sliver off a tree, including the bud, and inserting that into a cut in ...Daily Mail · 7/25/2014

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