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"– A tree with 40 different fruits sounds like something out of fairytale. But Syracuse University artist Sam Van Aken is turning plum trees into orchards unto themselves, reports Time . Most of the year, his trees appear to be common fruit trees, but they eventually bloom in different colors and bear dozens of varieties of stone fruit, including peaches, plums, apricots, and nectarines, reports the Toronto Star . His project is called the Tree of 40 Fruit , and if you'd like to create one such tree of your own, figure on devoting about nine years to the task. For Van Aken, this is also a conservation effort, because he makes a point to revive antique and heirloom fruits such Greengage plums not sold in stores because of their appearance or short shelf life."...
My grandma had an apple tree that would grow three types of apples (grafting). It was awesome, the different apples would blossom and mature at different times, a late frost might get one of the apples but the other two were likely to survive.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
