Cherry grower Norm Gutzwiler of Malaga, Washington, has been named Good Fruit Grower of the Year for 2006. He received the award during the Washington State Horticultural Association’s annual convention in December. Norm Gutzwiler retired last year, meaning that he now has just one job instead of two. For 33 years, Gutzwiler held a “day job” as a horticulturist advising growers, and a second job running his own orchard. At busy times of the year, he might be on the road by 5 a.m. and not get back until 9 p.m. Some days, he’d be up early in the morning […]