Every grower and marketing desk understands the importance of how improved top fruit storage technology has extended the availability of fruit in the domestic market and has prolonged the English apple season. The Marden Fruit Show Society organise the national Long Term Farm Stored competition each year. Entries for the 2012 competition are now in […]

The National Fruit Show announced an innovative and topical Bonanza Sponsor at the Marden Fruit Show Society Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 28th March. The M3 Solar, one of the UK’s leading solar installation Company will be the 2012 Prize Sponsor; their bespoke Solar Photovoltaic Systems help commercial clients contribute to the country’s renewable energy […]

The Marden Fruit Show Society (MFSS) hosted its 79th Annual General Meeting at East Malling Conference Centre on Wednesday 28th March. Over 80 growers and industry representatives attended the event Chaired by Society President, Rt Hon Michael Jack. The President’s report included a roundup of the 2011 Show and an appreciation for the staff and […]

The organising committee of the National Fruit Show are pleased to announce that they are again able to offer visitors free entry to the 2012 Show (17th & 18th October). The Society’s charitable aims are to ‘promote excellence in the fruit industry’ commented Show Chair, Sarah Calcutt, ‘it is important that our show remains accessible […]

Inspired by the success of the recent London 2012 Olympic Games this year’s National Fruit Show aims to build on the resurgence of being proud to be British. The Olympic and Paralympic games has reawakened a lost sense of pride in our achievements, out patriotism and most importantly a belief that we are able to […]

In the 1940’s and 1950’s former National Fruit Show Chairman, Alan Todd remembers the shift from standard trees to bush trees which cropped in 5-8 years.  Alan recalls Cox being the main variety grown in Kent orchards as well as a number of culinary varieties.  It was during these decades that storage became more important until that […]

The first National Fruit Show took place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October 1933, almost 79 years later, the Show is still representative of its industry.  British growers in the 1930’s had plenty to contend with, orchards were often overcrowded some had other crops such as gooseberries and blackberries and in Kent many orchards were […]

Inspired by the success of the recent London 2012 Olympic Games this year’s National Fruit Show aims to build on the resurgence of being proud to be British.   The Olympic and Paralympic games has reawakened a lost sense of pride in our achievements, out patriotism and most importantly a belief that we are able […]

The organiser of the National Fruit Show, The Marden Fruit Show Society is delighted to announce that there will be a new layout for the 2012 Show. The restructuring of the Show space at the Kent Event Centre, Maidstone has come due to the increasing demand for stand space, a larger space for the new […]

M3Solar is the 2012 National Fruit Show Bonanza Sponsor.  The comapny have become a major supplier for the fruit growing industry having installed 50kw arrays at JL Baxter & Son and at F Edmed & Sons both based in Maidstone and F W Mansfield & Sons, Canterbury.   The incredible prize is either a domestic 4kw solar […]