A Professor Created A Single Tree That Can Produce 40 Types Of Fruit

Syracuse University professor Sam Van Aken spent nine years growing a single tree. "The idea is that I could collapse a whole orchard and put it into one tree," he told Business Insider. Each of the colors in the photo above represents a variety of flowering tree. Collectively, as one plant, they …


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