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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreResults 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreBardsley & 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…
Read MoreRubens 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…
Read MoreNewmafruit Farms, NFU prize, Best all round exhibit in ShowNewmafruit 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…
Read MoreEach year the coveted Bonanza Prize Draw takes place at the National Fruit Show Dinner. This year sponsors Vigo Ltd offered Prize Draw qualifiers the chance to win £1,000 cash prize which could be used towards farm projects. The fruit competition attracted 40 exhibitors of which 17 were eligible for…
Read MoreThe Show’s prestigious Apple Juice competition previously judged at the October show, was judged in February. This year the 2016 competition received 54 entries from 17 producers. Robert Oliver, Marden Fruit Show Society, former Vice-Chairman, has been organising the Apple Juice Competition and then running it for over 25 years.…
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