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UK-grown grapes ready for retail
25th July 2014, 12:17 London
UK-grown grapes ready for retail
Produce giant Mack also involved in work to extend UK strawberry season and have the fruit available at Christmas
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  Record year for Spanish lemons
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- Plans for major apple breeding scheme unveiled
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  A leading berry supplier told attendees at Fruit Focus that sweet-eating blackberry varieties could ‘transform’ sales in the category
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  Red Tractor releases new standards
  Assurance scheme revises and simplifies standards, and gears up for consumer-facing Red Tractor Week in September
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  Agriculture ministers from France, Italy and Spain write letter to European Commission asking for support

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