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Joe Pardoe

Joe Pardoe has been supplying Riverford with organic cherries, apples, pears and plums, for over 15 years. He won Riverford's Best Innovation at the 2019 supplier awards for his damson-plum cross and is known for trialling less well-known varieties and promising new hybrids. His fourth-generation family farm, Priors Grove, is in Herefordshire looking out over the town of Ledbury. 

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Niche varieties keep me in the game

Organic fruit grower Joe Pardoe reflects on a difficult cherry season and why unusual varieties and crosses help small growers survive.

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