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The image says "artist rendering", it is unclear to me whether this tree exists today or if it's an ongoing project that expects to be finished some time in the
by chucky 7y ago
The image says "artist rendering", it is unclear to me whether this tree exists today or if it's an ongoing project that expects to be finished some time in the future (40 successful grafts would take a number of years to do I imagine).
Edit: googling answered my own question, this is indeed an ongoing project: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-tree-grows-40-different-types-of-fruit-180953868/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-tree-grows-40-di...
- sp332 7y agoThere's another interview with images of another tree at https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/exhibit/tree-of-40-fruits/ https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/exhibit/tree-of-40-fr...
- fencepost 7y agoWhile it's an ongoing project producing them, as of the 2015 article "Today, there are 18 of these wondrous trees across the country, with three more being planted this spring in Illinois, Michigan and California. Seven are located in New York—including the very first Tree of 40 Fruit that’s still on the Syracuse campus—and six more are in a small grove in Portland, Maine."
- pvaldes 7y agoExists most probably, but will not appear like these