How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit, Sam Van Aken

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations and personalized Talk recommendations. Artist Sam Van Aken shares the breathtaking work behind the Tree of 40 Fruit, an ongoing series of hybridized fruit trees that grow 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines and cherries all on the same tree. What began as an art project to showcase beautiful, multihued blossoms has become a living archive of rare heirloom specimens and their histories, a