[1] Each tree produces forty types of stone fruit, of the genus Prunus, ripening sequentially from July to October in the United States.

[2][3] Sam Van Aken is an associate professor of sculpture at Syracuse University.

[4] In 2008, while looking for specimens to create a multicolored blossom tree as an art project, Van Aken acquired the 3-acre (1.2 ha) orchard of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, which was closing due to funding cuts.

[2][3] He began to graft buds from some of the over 250 heritage varieties grown there, some unique, onto a stock tree.

[3] Locations include Newton, Massachusetts; Pound Ridge, New York; Short Hills, New Jersey; Bentonville, Arkansas; and San Jose, California.