this frankenstein tree also a curious work of art and an agricultural genius, it is the work of Sam Van Aken, Professor of Art at Syracuse University (USA). Tree It is capable of producing 40 different types of fruit and was created using traditional grafting techniques.
The inventor had help from a team of qualified biologists and farmers who contributed their knowledge of grafting shoots from different plants. One of the most striking aspects of the tree, depending on the growing season of each variety, the tree changes color and aroma.
The common denominator of the basic components is that they are in any case “bone” plants, that is, supported by a trunk or branches.
Until now, Twenty examples of Frankenstein have been erected in art museums, university campuses, and private land. from the united states. The first stage of preparation combines about twenty types of fruit, followed by pruning and planting of a large number of varieties.
By grafting different stone fruit plants such as peach, plum, apricot, nectarine and cherry, Van Aken was able to create a single tree that grows 40 different types of fruit.
Since these stone fruits showed great similarities in their chromosome structures, Van Aken began combining them with a “chip grafting” method. The tree, which blooms in pink, crimson and white tones in spring, gives various fruits in series in summer.
No complex techniques, chemical components or laboratory experiments were required to carry out this project with artistic limits. The procedure is absolutely natural. These magical fruit trees are the children of native trees, heirlooms, and the fruit of ancient times.
The first specimen was planted in an orchard at the Agricultural Experiment Station in New York, an orchard the professor saved when he learned it would be demolished.
“I wanted the tree to disrupt and transform everyday life, and I also wanted to surprise people”Van Aken explained. “When the tree unexpectedly blooms with different colors and you see different types of fruit hanging from the branches, it changes not only the way you see it, but also the way you are perceived in general,” he told the newspaper Clarín. . . .
The amazing tree allows different combinations to be accommodated, because Van Aken’s project actually covers more than 250 fruit varieties on different trees.. For this reason, the public has the opportunity to see different models of Frankenstein in Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Van Aken’s aim is to manipulate nature to enhance its beauty. There are conditioning factors to this type of venture: you have to wait years to see if a vaccine bears fruit, and you have to be very careful about pruning and working around strategic areas where grafts are placed, as well as around growth. the cycle of each fruit used.
“I see it as a work of art, a research project and a form of conservation.. This sculpture by graftingNow his main goal is to reach “one hundred fruit trees,” said Van Aken.
What is an agricultural vaccine and how is it made?
What exactly is a graft? It is the genetic, morphological and anatomical combination of two different plants whose main purpose is to shorten the production period.. Now, why shorten the production time? It means to shorten the time of a plant to start production and is applied commercially to fruit trees with a fruiting period of 2.5 to 5 years.
All fruit trees (apple, peach, banana, mango, avocado, apple, pear, etc.) need time to reach their physiological development and start flowering and then fruiting.
In practice, grafting is the sum of a pattern (the plant on which it sits) and vareta (the branch on which we want to bear fruit). There are several types of grafts. The most used ones are pattern+double and pattern+sheet. Vareta is a branch selected from a healthy plant and the cover is a section with a vegetative bud from a healthy plant. The purpose of this operation is also to ensure that the plants selected for corset and covering gain resistance against diseases, viruses, bacteria and pests.
vaccination process only performed if there is the greatest possible genetic affinity. That is, if they are species of the same genus, the percentage of cell union formation is higher.
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