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Thursday, 11 September 2014

The Tree Of 40 Fruit

Sam Van Akan’s latest project has the beauty of art and the magic of science to create ‘The Tree of 40 fruit.’ This creation has 40 different species of peaches plums apricots cherries nectarines and even almonds. Sam’s creation is even more amazing due to the fact that some of the fruits are varieties that are very hard to come by.The tree itself is a surprising 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. It takes a total of 5 years for each tree to develop and another 4 years for it to produce the 40 fruits. This tree can give you food for almost a year and quench your thirst. Sam really hopes his creation will teach people of all the different varieties of plums, apricots and peaches that were once available and maybe raise questions as to why there is such a small variety available in stores. We got to admit - This is one delicious piece of art .

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