Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken is bringing the “Tree of 40 Fruit” to Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia. This ...

Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken merged art and science with his “Tree of 40 Fruits.” Many artists work with paint, clay, or ...

In the heart of Philadelphia, Temple University has become home to a unique living artwork: the Tree of 40 Fruits. Created by ...

Forty different kinds, in fact. The Tree of 40 Fruit is a single tree, carefully grafted to produce 40 different varieties of fruit. Growing up on a farm, [Sam] was always fascinated by the ...

So far, it's made up of 15 kinds of fruit trees, including six types of peaches. Over the next five years, Van Aken will continue visiting Temple and grafting on pieces until the tree has 40 ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans.