Holly trees do not often bear berries each year in succession. There are male and female trees, the females bearing berries and the males providing the pollen for fertilisation. Unless both sexes are growing within easy distance of each other there can be no berries Temperature is also an important factor duripg fertilisation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 205, 30 August 1941, Page 10
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