Mistletoe harvest should be well underway 1

The mistletoe harvest - both in Europe and North America should be well underway now. Already had some circulars from growers in Texas announcing their new season is underway. (Texas is, of course, a centre for mistletoe growing in the States - but you knew that already) .

Methods have changed over the years - the pic below is a Thomas Nast drawing from about 1880 - "Cutting mistletoe in the South". Nast was an illustrator of popular magazines and is credited by some with popularisation of the English mistletoe custom in the States. This pic shows a young black boy up a tree - cutting the American Phoradendron mistletoe.

More below on old pics of European harvests...

Cutting Mistletoe in the South - Thomas Nast c 1880