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The Diary

I recently learned about the Tree of 40 Fruits. When I first stumbled on the surreal fact of its majestic existence, I thought surely it was a fallacy. When I searched for more information, this plentiful fantasy morphed from mirage to material, and I learned that yes, there is in fact a tree that bears 40 different kinds of fruit at once. An artist and naturalist named Sam Van Aken has lovingly and painstakingly created the marvelous arbor through a years-long grafting process in which branches from stone fruit trees are grafted onto a host tree, in the end bearing, you guessed it, 40 fruits.

The grafting process has a high failure rate. Many branches never bear fruit, and the ones that do take many years to mature. But once they do, dear god, what a marvel she becomes. Her blossoms are kaleidoscopic. A mosaic of baby pink, fuchsia, bright white, and bubblegum blooms gives way to sumptuous stone fruit, bringing this miracle of creation to fruition, literally.

I'm sure you'll understand when I tell you this lassoed me by the neck and yanked me down a rabbit hole so existential...

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