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I recall learning that la'asid lavo the trees themselves will be edible (ta'm ha'etz k'tam hapri) as in gan eden. I cannot find the source for this though.

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  • Do you have any evidence that they will be edible in addition to having the same flavor?
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The source for this is Torath Kohanim 26:5

[ה] מנין שהעץ עתיד להיות נאכל? תלמוד לומר "עץ פרי"; אם ללמד שהוא עושה פרי, והלא כבר נאמר "עושה פרי"!? אם כן למה נאמר "עץ פרי"? אלא מה פרי נאכל, אף העץ נאכל.


BTW, I think that your statement "as in Gan eden" is incorrect.

Rashi on Bereshit 1:11 clearly states that the trees didn't do like Hashem commanded (ie that the trees themselves would be edible like fruit)

עץ פרי: שיהא טעם העץ כטעם הפרי, והיא לא עשתה כן, אלא (פסוק יב) ותוצא הארץ עץ עושה פרי, ולא העץ פרי, לפיכך כשנתקלל אדם על עונו נפקדה גם היא על עונה ונתקללה:

fruit trees: That the taste of the tree should be like the taste of the fruit. It [the earth] did not do so, however, but “the earth gave forth, etc., trees producing fruit,” but the trees themselves were not fruit.

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PS: (just while we're on this topic:)

The same Torath Kohanim 26:5 goes on to say that L'Atid Lavo non-fruit bearing trees will give fruit.

See Vayikra 26:4

ד. וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ

. I will give your rains in their time, the Land will yield its produce, and the tree of the field will give forth its fruit.

Rashi:

ועץ השדה: הן אילני סרק, ועתידין לעשות פירות:

the tree of the field: This refers to trees [planted in the field, as opposed to the orchard,] that do not bear fruit, but are destined to bear fruit in the future. — [Torath Kohanim 26:5]

See also the end of Masechet Ktuvot. [112b]

אמר רב חייא בר אשי אמר רב עתידין כל אילני סרק שבארץ ישראל שיטענו פירות שנאמר (יואל ב, כב) כי עץ נשא פריו תאנה וגפן נתנו חילם:

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  • Well, so much for the book I just brought up to my computer desk. :-) Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 0:49

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