New this year from Bayer, top fruit growers have had access to insecticide Movento Top under an emergency 120-day authorisation. This insecticide is widely used in Europe but does not yet have UK authorisation. Bayer anticipates this will be gained for the 2018 season with a label covering a wide range of aphid and other […]

Maxicrop (UK) Ltd is delighted to be attending the National Fruit Show again this year and is exhibiting its range of seaweed-based bio-stimulants and nutrition products, for use on all horticultural crops. The company’s market-leading formulations are suitable for both conventional and organic growers and include its highly successful Maxicrop Triple, as well as the […]

There have been a few surprises this year from the competition entries. Not least that the “Best in Show’ this year is a wonderful exhibit of Cox grown entered by Agrii. The apple has won the company a number of prizes and awards and gained the highest points from yesterdays judging. All results are now […]

Derrick May (Farms) Ltd 5495g Channel Weighing Five Heaviest Apples Bramley L Stevens & Sons 4296.5 Realprint & Media Ltd Five Heaviest Pears Comice Derrick May (Farms) Ltd 1361g Channel Weighing Single Heaviest Apple Bramley Derrick May (Farms) Ltd 1004g Realprint & Media Ltd Single Heaviest Pear Comice

It was a hard fought contest for the panel of judges, but in the end it was Jazz that took both first and second place.  The winning Jazz was grown by our very own Junior Vice Chair, Charlie Dunn from Chandler and Dunn.  Congratulations to him and the team at their farm. Second place Jazz […]

Clock House farm 72 Berry Gardens Prize Class 30 – Summer Fruiting Strawberries Amesh No Entries Berry Gardens Prize Class 31 – Ever Bearers Strawberries J Myatt 93 CPM Ltd Trophy Class 32 – Raspberries Ovation F Edmed & Sons Prize Class 32 – Raspberries Prize Money F Edmed & Sons Class 32 – Raspberries […]

The 32nd National Fruit Show Apple Juice Competition was held on the 4th March 017 at Bradbourne House. With 17 producers and 55 entries, it was a busy day.  There were 15 entries for Class 40 Blended Apple Juice, 25 for Class 41 Single Variety Juice and 11 for Class 42 Blended Fruit Juice, soft […]

Hutchinsons Bonanza Prize Hutchinsons are celebrating their 80th year serving British agriculture and horticulture and to put something back into the industry they work with, they have decided to support the National Fruit Show Bonanza prize for 2018. This year’s prize is based around technology, environment and crop management and is a 3 year package worth £10,000 to […]

Exhibitors at the National Fruit Show represent the cream of the crop from across the industry – a veritable Who’s Who of machinery and equipment manufacturers and suppliers, top agronomists and crop protection advisors, major marketing and distribution specialists, recruitment experts and much, much more. The growing exhibitor list for our milestone 85th Anniversary National […]

The Marden Fruit Show Society, is gearing up for its 85th Anniversary, National Fruit Show on 24th and 25th October 2018 at the Kent Event Centre in Detling. Set up after the demise of the 41 year old Marden, Staplehurst and Collier Street Agriculture Association, Lord Cornwallis, its first President, is quoted as saying he […]