A single tree on Temple’s campus will boast dozens of different fruits - Grid Magazine

A single tree on Temple’s campus will boast dozens of different fruits - Grid Magazine

On March 14, a seven-year-old tree, which had arrived grafted with 15 varieties of stone fruits, was planted alongside a natural dye garden before a crowd of about 50 community members at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Sam Van Aken grafted 15 additional varieties onto the tree the next day and will return each year for five years to continue grafting until the tree bears 40 different fruits — including pears, plums, pe…