Award-winning artist and professor, Sam Van Aken’s latest project has combined the beauty of art and the magic of science to create ‘The Tree of 40 fruit.’
The name of this amazing creation does not disappoint, with the tree producing 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and even almonds.
Sam’s creation is even more amazing due to the fact that some of the fruits are ancient and are varieties that are very hard to come by.
The tree itself is a stunning work of art, with crimson, pink, purple and white blooms.
Sam has placed 16 unique 40 fruit trees around the USA in museums, community centres and private art collections and visits each twice a year to prune and collect grafts for future trees.
It takes a total of 5 years for each tree to develop and then another 4 years for it to produce the 40 fruits.
Sam hopes his creation will teach people of all the different varieties of plums, apricots and peaches that were once available and perhaps raise question as to why there is such a small variety available in stores.
You have to admit…this is some yummy art!
Article written by D Mulhern
28 Responses
Wow I want To see one of these trees!
wow ok then
awsome
cute
WOW! Our teacher told us about this
wow thats so cool i cant believe my eyes 😀
i want one
Sweet…Literatly
this must be a healthy tree
Wow that’s like having a fruit store in your back yard, yummy and cheat
I meant cheap
wow! thats amazing!
I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT!
I need one of these!
Wow!!!!SOOOOO pretty and so affordable. Free fruit pretty much all season long!
cool i want one
Wow! This is amazing!!!!
Wow that is soooooooo cool
WOW,I wish I had one.
this would be awesome if you could get one
awesome
This tree looks awesome but now I’m hungry anyone got some almonds
WOW THIS THE COOL TREE I HAVE EVER SEEN
I gotta have one of those
I want to buy one is so pretty I could stare at it all day!!!!! 🙂
that is amazing how many fruit it can hold that is unbelievable i mean 40 fruit WOW…:):)
wow cool
There are no words for this is just better than pure beauty