Apple Juice Competition

Entries to the Apple Juice Competition are now open. If you would like a copy of the competition schedule or require further details, please email norma@nationalfruitshow.org.uk. The closing date for entries is Friday 28th February. Judging will take place on 6th March 2020.


Long Term Storage Competition

Entries to the Long Term Storage Competition have now been closed and judging has taken place. The results will be annouced at the Marden Fruit Show Society AGM on 31st March 2020. They will also be published on our website.

Entry to all our competitions is free. There are guides to packing your competition entries and if you have any queries you can contact the Show Office. Copies of the Regulations and rules can be downloaded for Top Fruit Classes 1 - 21, Soft Fruit Classes 30 - 33, Cobnuts and Walnuts Classes 50, 51 and 55. Tastiest and Heaviest conditions are also included.


Categories:

Apples and Pears Long Term Farm Stored Soft Fruit Apple Juice Cobnut and Walnut Other Classes Other Competition Prizes
Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
1 Bramley 90-100mm Agrii Ltd & Wealden AM
2 Bramley 80-90mm Avalon Produce Ltd & Marden NFU
3 Any Other Variety of Culinary Apples 75mm - 100mm diameter with 5mm differential Wealden AM
4 Cox 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Landseer Ltd & The Asplins Producer Organisation Limited
5 Cox 65-70mm Bayer Crop Science & South East Farmer
6 Rubens 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Avalon Produce Ltd
7 Jazz 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Worldwide Fruit Ltd
8 Gala 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Greencell Ltd
9 Russets 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm The Fruit Grower
10 Cameo 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Avalon Produce Ltd
11 Braeburn 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Worldwide Fruit Ltd
12 Any other dessert apple 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm (small) 80/85mm (large) New Spitalfields Market
13 Comice 70/75mm or 75/80mm or 80/85mm or 85/90mm Richard Hochfeld Ltd & Lambert and Foster
14 Conference 60/65mm or 65/70mm or 70/75mm Wilkins Kennedy - Ashford
15 Concorde 60/65mm or 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Greenyard Fresh UK
16 Any other pear 60/65mm or 65/70mm or70/75mm or 75/80mm or 80/85mm or 85/90mm NFU Sittingbourne & Hadlow College
18 Novice dessert apples 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm FP Matthews & Richard Hochfeld Ltd
19 Novice pears 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Richard Hochfeld Ltd
20 Dessert apples – Entrant Under 40 65/70mm or 70/75mm or 75/80mm Haynes Agricultural (Kent) Ltd & Wilkins Kennedy Maidstone
21 Bramley – Entrant Under 40 A C Goatham & Son
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Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
22 Gala or any Sport of Gala Orchard World Ltd
23 Bramley Wealden AM
24 AOV Dessert Apple except Cox Orange Pippin or any Sport of Cox Hadlow College
25 Cox’s Orange Pippin or Any Sport of Cox JD Cooling Systems Ltd
26 Pears Wealden AM
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Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
30 Strawberry (Any Summer fruiting) Berry Gardens Prize
31 Strawberry (Any ever-bearer) Berry Gardens Ltd
32 Raspberry (Any) F Edmed & Sons
33 Blackberry (Any) East Malling Trust
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Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
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) Core Equipment Ltd
Variety
Varieties
Varieties or type of fruit
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Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
50 Kentish Cobnuts Hadlow College
51 Cobnuts AOV The Rural Planning Practice & Associate Parliamentary British Fruit Group
55 Walnuts Bennett Opie Ltd
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Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
Tastiest Apple The Fruit Grower
Five Heaviest Apples Channel Weighing
Five Heaviest Pears Realprint & Media Ltd
Single Heaviest Apple Channel Weighing
Single Heaviest Pear Realprint &Media Ltd
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Class No. Variety Size Sponsor Apply
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How to pack fruit

This video goes into detail on how to select and prepare fruit for entry to the National Fruit Show

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