Giles Cannon, J I B Cannon & Son have won this year's National Fruit Show Long Term Farm Stored Competition for Any Other Dessert Apple with their first entry in this class. "We have won in the past with Cox but this year we entered our Gala." According to Giles…
Read MoreThe Bramley class of the National Fruit Show Long Term Farm Stored Competition is considered "The Number One to win" by this year's winner, Melvyn Newman, Newmafruit Farms Ltd. "It's a vindication of what we do," he said. "I'm very honoured and winning is a great fillip to everyone here."…
Read MoreThe Robert Mitchell Partnership have two reasons to celebrate this year as they have not only won this year's Pears class in the National Fruit Show Long Term Farm Stored Competition but in addition, Robert Mitchell has been awarded the Ron Tassell Trophy for the Store Operator of the Best…
Read MoreNorman Collett, the dynamic English fruit marketing group responsible for introducing Rubens into English apple orchards, will be providing trade visitors to The National Fruit Show with a tasty opportunity to win £10,000 cash. The Rubens roll of the dice competition will put a bright spotlight on the six outstanding…
Read MoreThe winner of this year's prestigious National Fruit Show "Bonanza Prize" will have their expertise rewarded by a truly memorable prize. "All in a day's work" – a set of four superb etchings by Kent artist Graham Clarke. Donated by The Fruit Grower, as an early celebration of the magazine's 25th…
Read MoreNew approaches to controlling scab and codling moth that are paying huge dividends for fruit farmers will be highlighted at this year's National Fruit Show in October. TExhibitor Agrovista will be raising awareness of its web-based pest and disease prediction service that combines state-of-the-art software with accurate weather data to…
Read More2011 will see the 25th Anniversary of The National Fruit Show Apple Juice Competition. The competition, staged by permission of Agrochandlers (Emma Nash Limited), owner of its copyright and creator in 1986, is expected to be as popular as ever. Each year it attracts more than 60 entries over three…
Read MoreThe National Fruit Show stand space is fully sold out which has delighted show organisers, The Marden Fruit Show Society. With the UK still in an economic downturn and the food industry reporting tight margins, the Society, which held the first Show in 1933 are thrilled with the news. The…
Read MoreA major new stewardship campaign, set up to support the long term availability of the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos, is being launched at this year's fruit industry event, the National Fruit Show. Offering orchard growers the opportunity to register for FREE low drift nozzles (200 sets available on a first-come,…
Read MoreThe first National Fruit Show took place on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October 1933, exactly 78 years later, the Show is still representative of its industry. British growers in the 1930s had plenty to contend with, orchards were often overcrowded some had other crops such as gooseberries and blackberries…
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