21-leaf clover
Shigeo Obara, a Japanese farmer found a clover with 21 leafs last week in his garden. It’s a new Guinness record, it beats his own previous record that was set in 2002 when he found a 18-leaf clover. Obara has been more than 50 years researching and crossbreeding clovers in his garden; his hobby started when he found 4-leaf clovers near his home in 1951. His objective is to create a clover with 30 leafs! He seems confident about his objective, and predicts that he will find it during the next years.
In Europe a 4-leaf clovers symbolize lucky but in Japan they symbolize happiness, 5-leaf clovers symbolize wealth and 6-leaf clovers are fame.
Sources: Yomiuri , Pinktentacle
Comments
gb
09 June, 2008
do you know why he wants to create a 30 leaf clover? does it symbolize something? 50 years focusing on the clover is just amazing. at least he is diligent with his hobby.
elizabeth woods
17 March, 2010
he lives in Nagasaki suburbs, yes?
Ivy C.
31 March, 2010
wow!
thats amazing!
i wonder if you can just condense 10 pounds of nutrient rich top soil and add it to a pot then plant the clover. it would be pretty mutated!
Cocoagirl
20 August, 2010
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! I have a huge collection of 4, 5, and 6-leaf clovers. But I’ve never seen anything like this!