Noted pomologist and fruit historian Joan Morgan, (The Book of Apples) will be selling her new volume –The Book of Pears at the National Fruit Show at a discounted price. This wonderfully unique book is an indispensable and one-of-a-kind guide. It tells the story of the pear from its delightful taste and wonderful appearance to breeding […]
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Thank you to our Judges
Judging takes place on Tuesday ahead of the Show, and if the entries are high, it will give the panel of nearly 30 industry experts a full day of judging. The fruit is judged for internal condition and skin quality, uniformity of colour, size and evenness of shape. The fruit is also awarded points for […]
Agrovista will debut disease forecasting technology at the Show.
Two disease forecasting models make their National Fruit Show debut on Agrovista’s stand, part of a range of innovative technology being developed by the company. Agrovista is developing and introducing many new techniques to help fruit growers target nutrition, irrigation and crop protection products more effectively, to meet the increasing demands of inputs legislation, protocols […]
Post-show Events
The exhibition fruit has in the past travelled around the country, to a particular event to promote english fruit to the public. Some of the Fruit is going to Noble House, the Home of DEFRA, for National Apple Day (the 23rd). Some is going to the Kentish Town city farm for their apple festival, some […]
Winning Apple Juice 2015
The Apple Juice Competition was judged at the Marden Fruit Show Society AGM earlier in the year. Winning entries will be displayed on the Vigo Ltd K26 Stand. Vigo Ltd are the 2015 Bonanza Sponsors with a £1,000 prize pot for the winning growers to be used to help the business develop a specific project. Class […]
Heaviest is best!
Results are in for the heaviest apples and pears… Not quite a record breaking year but impressively big all the same. L Stevens & Sons, Sponsored by Channel Weighing, Five Heaviest Apples weighing 3.9KG Loddington Farm, Sponsored by Chingford Fruit Ltd, Five Heaviest Pears weighing 4.82KG Single Heaviest Apple weighing 1.08KG from Loddington Farm Single Heaviest […]
The Winning Nuts
The National Fruit Show 2015 Nut Judging took place yesterday on Tuesday 20th October, with record numbers of entries the Kentish Cobnut class was won by PJ Nicholls with a score of 90 points. A Cobnut is a type of hazelnut traditionally grown in Kent. They are harvested in their green state form mid August and […]
The Class Winners Role Call
Bardsley & Sons Class 1 Bramley Bardsley & Sons Class 2 Bramley Newmafruit Farms Class 3 Kanzi Bardsley & Sons Class 4 Cox’s Orange Pippin 70mm – 75mm Bardsley & Sons Class 5 Cox’s Orange Pippin 65mm-70mm J & B Darbyshire Class 6 Rubens JL Baxter & Son Class 7 Jazz Farmcare Limited Class 8 […]
The Tastiest Apple is….Rubens
Rubens Apple has taken top spot in the National Fruit Show 2015 “Tastiest Apple’ competition. A panel of apple lovers chomped their way through nearly 100 entries to find that perfect taste. The entry from J & B Darbyshire, Chapel Grange Farm, Five Oak Green impressed the judges, the winning apple also won best in Class […]
National Fruit Show Class 1 – 21 Trophies
Newmafruit Farms, NFU prize, Best all round exhibit in Show Newmafruit Farms, The Roderic Sarson Memorial Trophy, Best all round exhibit of apples Newmafruit Farms, The Stokes Bomford Rose Bowl, Best exhibit of dessert apples Bardsley & Sons, The Podger Norton Trophy, Best exhibit of culinary apples Rankins Farm, The Bayer Rose Bowl, Best exhibit […]
