On the first day of the show we welcome the National Fruit Show Dinner, this has become one of the major events in the fruit calendar over the years! This year the guests will be seated in the John Hendry Pavilion at the Kent Showground and the menu has been carefully selected to reflect the importance of the […]

Frank Matthews are pleased to announce that they are to become UK agents for Botden van Willegan. Will Seabrook will be retiring after 25 years of service as Botden’s UK agent and an official handover from Mr Seabrook to FrankMatthews will take place on Wednesday 19 October at the National Fruit Show. Frank P Matthews are excited about the future working relationship with Botden van […]

Hadlow College will be offering a varied programme of activities at this year’s National Fruit Show. Our reception begins at 11am in the Maidstone Exhibition hall, stand K18, with a selection of canapés served. Deputy Group Principal & Deputy CEO, Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, will deliver the welcome speech, followed by Jane Burtenshaw, our Recruitment and Contracts […]

The fruit display is looking amazing this year with 127 entries of fruit in classes 1 – 21 from 35 exhibitors. The great news is that there were 15 entries in class 12 AOV including: Junami 96.25 – 4th place Cheerful Gold 96.75 – 3rd Place Braeburn Marivi 97.25 – 2nd Jonagored 97.25 1st And […]

The best stands at the 2016 National Fruit Show have been judged and awarded. Sponsored by South East Farmer the best overall tradestand was Agrii with a wonderful open stand to welcome all their growers. The second South East Farmer award went to the best machinery stand Kirkland UK who pulled out all the stops […]

May 12th 2017 Kindly hosted by Farmcare Ltd at Horton Farm The walk will begin at 2.30pm and will give us a chance to learn more about the replanting and development of this wonderful farm.  Our walk will pass through 20ha of modern Gala, new Braeburn orchards and an extensive area growing Blackcurrants for Ribena […]

The lucky winner of this year’s Bonanza Prize will enjoy a trip to South Africa for two people, including return flights, four night’s accommodation and tour of Greenyard’s farms in the Western Cape. To qualify for the chance to win this amazing prize your name will be included in the draw once for every three […]

The National Fruit Show has moved Any Other Variety Culinary Apple next to Class 1 & 2 Bramley. The move will make the stunning competition display look even better with the cooking apple classes grouped at the start of the display in Classes 1, 2 and 3. The final Class 21, was new in 2016 […]

The National Fruit Show are streamlining their visitor registration and you can now register and print your Visitor Badge via the website. This will mean you will not need to queue on arrival but simply just pick up a badge holder. The National Fruit Show which takes place on 25 and 26 October this year […]

The 84th National Fruit Show will be held on Wednesday 25th October and Thursday 26th October this year and will take place at the Kent Event Centre, Detling Maidstone. In response to the impact of adverse weather on fruits this season, Chairman of Judges, Brian Tompsett, has relaxed the rules on fruit sizes for this […]