National Fruit Show

NATIONAL FRUIT SHOW 2012

OCTOBER 17th & 18th 2012 - KENT SHOWGROUND, DETLING, MAIDSTONE

Competitions 2011

Apples and Pears

Class No. Variety Size Sponsor
1 Bramley 90-100mm United Agri Products Ltd & Scorpion Engineering
2 Bramley 80-90mm FP Matthews Ltd & Marden NFU
3 Kanzi 65-70mm or
70-75mm
Richard Hochfeld Ltd
4 Cox 70-75mm Landseer Ltd & Techno Fresh Consultancy Ltd
5 Cox 65-70mm Bayer Crop Science & South East Farmer
6 Rubens 65-70mm or
70-75mm
Norman Collett Ltd
7 Jazz 65-70mm or
70-75mm
Worldwide Fruit Ltd
8 Gala 65-70mm or
70-75mm
Greencell Ltd
9 Russet 65-70mm or
70-75mm
The Fruit Grower & Wilson Tarmac
10 Cameo 65-70mm or
70-75mm
Norman Collett Ltd
11 Braeburn 65-70mm or70-75mm Worldwide Fruit Ltd
12 Any other dessert apple see schedule New Spitalfields Market
13 Comice 70-75mm or
75-80mm or 80-85mm
Richard Hochfeld Ltd & Lambert and Foster
14 Conference 60-65mm or
65-70mm
Chingford Fruit Ltd
15 Concorde 60-65mm or
65-70mm or 70-75mm
Somersby Treefruit
16 Any other pear 70-75mm or
75-80mm or 80-85mm
NFU Sittingbourne & Hadlow College
17 AOV culinary apples 80-90mm or 90-100 mm Parliamentary British Fruit Group
18 Novice dessert apples   FP Matthews & ICA Ltd
19 Novice pears   ICA Ltd
20 Under 26 dessert apples   Haynes Agricultural (Kent) Ltd & Day, Smith & Hunter
Top Fruit Competition Entry Form (PDF file, 90KB)

Soft Fruit

Class No. Fruit Variety Sponsor
30 Strawberry Any Summer fruiting Berry Gardens Ltd
31 Strawberry Any ever-bearer Berry Gardens Ltd
32 Raspberry Any F Edmed & Sons
33 Blackberry Any CPM Ltd
Soft Fruit, Cobnuts & Walnuts Competition Entry Form (PDF file, 90KB)

Apple Juice

Class No. Fruit Variety Sponsor
40 Blended Apple Juice Two or more named varieties Vigo Ltd
41 Single Variety   A & P Hill (Fruit) Ltd
42 Blended Juices Two or more types of any fruit which can be grown in the UK MFSS
25th Anniversary Apple Juice Competition The Fruit Grower
Apple Juice Competition Entry Form (PDF file, 90KB)

Cobnut and Walnut

Class No. Fruit Sponsor
50 Kentish Cobnuts Kent Messenger & Hadlow College
51 Cobnuts AOV Judith Norris Ltd & MFSS
The John Bardsley Tankard for the most meritorious Entry of Cobnuts
55 Walnuts Holiday Inn & Bennett Opie Ltd
Soft Fruit, Cobnuts & Walnuts Competition Entry Form (PDF file,90KB)

Other Classes

Fruit Sponsor
Tastiest Apple The Fruit Grower
Five Heaviest Apples Channel Weighing
Five Heaviest Pears Chingford Fruit Ltd
Tastiest Tomato Marks and Spencer plc
Heaviest & Tastiest Competition Entry Form (PDF file, 90KB)

Other Competition Prizes

Exhibit Sponsor
Best Trade Stand South East Farmer
Best All-round Exhibit Covent Garden Market Authority
Bonanza Prize Pro-Tech Marketing

The National Fruit Show is organised by the Marden Fruit Show Society, registered charity number 259586.