Jazz apples overtook Rubens at this year's National Fruit Show with the variety taking home the top prize for the 'tastiest apple' competition.
Canterbury-based producer Chandler & Dunn, one of 20 Jazz growers in the UK, won the 'tastiest apple' award for its Jazz apple while the two runners up - F J Adams & Son, and A R Neaves & Son - both entered the competition with Rubens apples.
Meanwhile, Sainsbury's top-fruit technologist Theresa Huxley received a special award during the winners' ceremony.
Huxley, who has worked with Sainsbury's for several decades, was singled out for her dedication to the fresh produce industry with The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers' Fruit Culture Award.
Upon receiving the award, Huxley commented: 'I'm overwhelmed. My role would not work without all the great growers and producers I've worked with over the years.'
Other highlights included victories for Liverpool-based grower Andy Roe of Flavourfresh Salads, who took home The David Stapley Trophy for tastiest tomato, and Kent fruit grower Clive Goatham, of A C Goatham & Son, who won the Norman Collett Ltd Prize for Rubens apples.
Goatham was recently awarded with the Institute of Horticulture' 'Achievement in Horticulture Award,' a nomination made by Sainsbury's Huxley, who said at the time: 'I am delighted that one of my largest apple and pear grower-packers has been recognised for his hard work.'
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