Abstract: A hanging fruit tree construction (10) for suspending individual articles of fruit (100) from their respective stems (101) wherein, the construction (10) includes a circular base (21) that supports an elongated shaft member (30), the upper portion of which is provided with a plurality of recesses (32) which are dimensioned to receive the inboard ends of a plurality of dowels (40) (40?) the outer portions of which are adapted to releasably engage at least one spring clip member (50) the jaw elements (51) (52) of which are adapted to releasably engage the stem portion (101) of an article of fruit.