December 2025 Issue

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December 2025 — Digital Issue

March 20, 2026

In his Summerland, British Columbia, orchard in July, grower Steve Brown talks about the advantages smaller growers have when weathering a downturn by relying on sweat equity. With all the uncertainty in the apple market right now, he considers his orchard to be in “maintenance mode after years of always replanting and grafting,” he said. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Growers with a not-so-big advantage

December 30, 2025

In Oregon’s Columbia Gorge, Tim Hudson of Mosier Creek Orchards grows this 50-year-old hilltop block of Royal Ann cherries specifically for processing, viewing it as an oasis of consistency amid the boom-or-bust cycles of the fresh market. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

A reliable process for cherry growers

December 29, 2025

Empty spaces in the vineyards at Gray Monk Estate Winery in Lake Country, British Columbia, shown in July 2025, indicate lingering effects of a harsh 2024 winter.

Vintage replacement extension too little and too late for some

December 24, 2025

Greenhouse assistant Khila Calhoun breaks up soil for seedling plantings in July at the MBG Marketing/Berry Blue breeding and nursery facility in Grand Junction, Michigan. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

Michigan breeder making better blueberries

December 23, 2025

A new variety hangs blue and ripe at a blueberry nursery in Grand Junction, Michigan, during an MBG Marketing field day in July. Blueberry growers will double their promotion assessment to help the U.S. industry keep up with rapidly increasing global supply. (Matt Milkovich/Good Fruit Grower)

A vote for boosting blueberries

December 22, 2025

Melissa Hansen, left, talks with Alexa McDaniel about a Washington State University Extension demonstration of an ultraviolet light prototype in a research vineyard in Prosser, Washington, in 2021. Hansen, the first research program director for the Washington State Wine Commission, embraced the role as an advocate for growers and wineries, making sure research projects targeted priority problems, such as powdery mildew in this case, and could deliver returns on industry investment. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Lighting the way forward

December 18, 2025

Introducing la comunidad

December 17, 2025

Grower Brandon Goldy demonstrates the scoring technique used to promote branching on young, high-density cherries in an orchard in Quincy, Washington, in March 2025.

Winning with high-scoring cherries

December 12, 2025

From left: Tom, Alison and Kristen DeMarree, the magazine’s 2025 Good Fruit Growers of the Year, at DeMaree Fruit Farm during harvest in Williamson, New York, in September.

Dininny: A deserving honor in a difficult year

December 4, 2025