"Jennifer Sparkes" wrote:
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... it 'takes' best if one puts it on
the same type of tree from whence it came - ie apple to apple,
birch to birch, whatever.

Though not sure how one knows on which sort of tree the shop
bought Mistletoe was originally growing .....
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I remember being told that before pressing a Mistletoe berry into
the bark, it is always a good idea to first wound the underside of
the tree branch, as doing so ensures a greater germinating success.
I have often tried germinating mistletoe on old apple trees without
any success. If I had succeeded, it seems that I would not have
had any fruit for the first six to seven years.

MikeCT