« Tulip Fields | Home | Melody Bookcase »
21-Leaf Clover
By nikkita | June 11, 2008
Shigeo Obara, former food crop researcher in Japan, discovered a 21-leaf clover in his garden setting a new record. The previous record was also held by him after finding an 18-leaf clover in 2002. Obara may seem like the luckiest man with these two finds, but in reality he has been conducting independent research on clovers and clover mutations in his garden for over 50 years. After coming across a patch of 4-leaf clovers in the early 50s, he has been cross breeding with other plants to research what affects leaf count and color. Obara remains modest in his find, claiming there to be even greater counts somewhere since one of his family members says to have stumbled upon a 27-leaf clover in the garden as well.
Now the real question is: Can 21 leaves make a clover lucky?
Topics: Environment, World | No Comments »
Comments
You must be logged in to post a comment.