Crop Comments: Closer Looks at Clovers & Some Related Nostalgia
Crop Comments
September 3, 2025

Crop Comments: Closer Looks at Clovers & Some Related Nostalgia

Despite many historians believing that clovers have truly changed the world, these crops are surprisingly modest creeping herbs, rarely reaching knee-height. According to my textbook “Around the World in 80 Plants” (Jonathan Drori, Lawrence King Publishing), there are two common cultivated species, both with plump, sweet-scented flowers

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