Tree of 40 Fruit the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, which was closing due to funding cuts. He began to graft buds from some of the over 250 heritage varieties grown there, some unique, onto a stock tree. Over the course of about five years the tree accumulated branches from forty different "donor" trees, each with a different fruit, including almond, apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach and plum varieties. Each spring the tree's blossom is a mix of different shades of red, pink and white. , Van Aken had produced 16 Trees of 40 Fruit, installed in a variety of private and public locations,
The Bing Boys Are Here The Bing Boys Are Here The Bing Boys Are Here, styled "A Picture of London Life, in a Prologue and Six Panels," is the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of World War I. The series included "The Bing Boys on Broadway" and "The Bing Girls are There". The music for them was written by Nat D. Ayer with lyrics by Clifford Grey, who also contributed to "Yes, Uncle!", and the text was by George Grossmith, Jr. and Fred Thompson based on Rip and Bousquet's "Le Fils Touffe".