James Hutton - Fruit for the Future

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James Hutton - Fruit for the Future

Guests gather for the tour

Peter Thompson, fruit grower welcomes guests

Jonathon Snape, Head of James Hutton Institute welcomes the guest and explains the tour

Guest head to the trial fields

Some of the trial blueberry bushes

Andrea Marshall from Sinclair and Christopher Reid from Westland explain what is being done to improve substrate

Blueberries in the trial field

Susan McCallum with her 'baby', the Highland Charm blueberry

Guests heading to the trial tunnels to see the red current, black berry and raspberry projects

Andrew Christie tells guests about the steam weeder

The mean steam machine in action

Trial tunnels

Amanda Moura tells the guests about the red current trials taking place

Red currents

The Rovada red currents

Nikki Jennings talks about the breeding programs for blackberries and raspberries

Loch Katrine blackberries

Glen Eden raspberries

After the tour guests took part in a tasting session

Yummy ice cream and pastries to end the day!