News
RHS Summer Fruit & Vegetable Competition
In partnership with New Covent Garden Food Company
The competition was open to anyone who grows fruit, vegetables or herbs in their own garden or allotment and there were dozens of classes.
New Covent Garden Food Co offered a special Most Meritorious Dish of Vegetables award for the exhibitor with the most outstanding dish of vegetables in any of the competition classes.
The winners
The New Covent Garden Food Co Trophy
Most Meritorious Dish of vegetables judged in the competition: Mrs S Plum (runner beans)
Most Meritorious Dish in the single dish classes of fruit: Mr C Hodgson (sweet cherries)
View the schedule of classes (52KB Adobe Acrobat pdf)
View the regulations (92KB Adobe Acrobat pdf)
Fruit
Class 1: First Mr D E Palmer
Class 2: First Mr D E Palmer
Class 3: First Mr D E Palmer; Second Mr C Hodgson
Class 4: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi; Second Mr D E Palmer
Class 5: First Mr C Hodgson; Second Mr D E Palmer; Third: Dr J C Pais
Class 6: First Mr C Hodgson; Second: Mr D C Mepham
Class 7: First Mr C Hodgson; Second Mr D E Palmer
Class 8: First Mr C Hodgson; Second Mr D E Palmer; Third: Mr A Mansfield
Class 9: First Mr C Hodgson; Second: Ms C Staddon; Third: Mr D E Palmer
Class 10: First Mr D E Palmer; Second Mr C Hodgson; Third: Mr A Mansfield
Class 11: First Mr C Hodgson; Second: Ms H Dodson; Third: Mr G F Lees
Class 12: First Mr D E Palmer; Second: Ms H Dodson
Class 13: First: Mr A J Peck; Second Mr D E Palmer; Third: Mr D Mills
Class 14: Second: Mrs L A Gridley; Third: Ms C Staddon
Class 15: First: Mr D C Mepham
Class 16: First: Mr A Mansfield; Second Mr D E Palmer
Class 17: First: Mr A Mansfield; Second: Ms P Nicks; Third: Ms C Staddon
Class 18: First: Ms P Nicks; Second: Mr A Mansfield; Third: Mr A Mansfield
Class 19: First: Mr T Netley; Second Mr D E Palmer
Class 20: First: Mrs H Keates; Second: Mr F D Gifford
Class 21: First Mr C Hodgson; Second: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi; Third: Mr D E Palmer
Class 22: Third: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi
Class 23: First: Mr D E Palmer; Second Mr D E Palmer; Third: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi
Class 24: Dr N Gregson; Second Mr D E Palmer; Third: Ms H Dodson
Vegetables
Class 31: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr J Trim; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 32: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr T Netley; Third: Mr J Trim
Class 33: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Dr J C Pais; Third: Mrs H Keates
Class 34: First: Mr R R Grey; Second: Mr N Blumson; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 35: First: Mr A F Rogers
Class 36: First: Mrs J Kisiel; Second: Mrs L A Gridley; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 37: First: Mrs J Kisiel; Second: Mr R R Grey
Class 38: No entries
Class 39: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr J Trim; Third: Mrs L A Gridley
Class 40: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mrs J Kisiel
Class 41: First: Mr J Trim; Second: Mr G F Lees; Third: Mrs S Plumb
Class 42: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr J Trim; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 43: First: Mr R R Grey; Second: Mr A F Rogers
Class 44: Third: Mr T Netley
Class 45: First: Mrs J Kisiel; Second: Mr R R Grey; Third: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi
Class 46: First: Mr N Blumson; Second: Mrs J Kisiel; Third: Mr P S Hutchinson
Class 47: First: Mrs J Kisiel; Second: Mr A F Rogers; Third: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi
Class 48: First: Mrs S Plumb
Class 49: First: Mr V J Morris
Class 50: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr P Shaw; Third: Mr V J Morris
Class 51: First: Mr T Netley; Second: Mr D E Palmer; Third: Mr J Trim
Class 52: First: Mr T Netley; Second: Mrs J Kisiel; Third: Mrs S Plumb
Class 53: First: Mr D C Mepham; Third: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi
Class 54: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mrs J Kisiel; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 55: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr J Trim; Third: Mrs J Kisiel
Class 56: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr T Netley; Third: Mr D C Mepham
Class 57: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mrs J Kisiel; Third: Mr D C Mepham
Class 58: First: Mr A F Rogers; Second: Mr D Mills; Third: Mr J Trim
Class 59: First: Mr A F Rogers; Second: Mrs J Kisiel; Third: Mr J Trim
Class 60: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr J Trim; Third: Mr R R Grey
Class 61: First: Mr R R Grey
Class 62: First: Mr J Trim
Class 63: First: Mr T Netley; Second: Miss E Plum; Third: Mr D E Palmer
Class 64: First: Dr J C Pais; Second: Mr R R Grey; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 65: First: Mrs J Kisiel; Second: Mr R R Grey; Third: Mr T Netley
Class 66: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr T Netley; Third: Mr S Luxford
Class 67: First: Mrs S Plumb; Second: Mr & Mrs Siddiqi
To make sure your produce is at its best, visit the Grow Your Own VEG section for practical and sound advice for beginners and also more experienced growers. Online users can view the veg growers’ calendar, see the progress of the plots at the RHS Gardens, collect delicious recipes, share experiences on the bulletin board and view the latest blogs of fellow veg growers. To keep up-to-date with the latest veg news and advice, users can subscribe to an e-newsletter. You can also view events and other news from the campaign.