Harold Thome is Pomesters’ Fruit Man of the Year Harold Thome, a fourth-generation apple grower on Fruit Ridge near Comstock Park, Michigan, has been named Fruit Man of the Year by the Michigan Association of Pomesters. Now 78, Thome has turned management over to son Steve, but he still works on the farm, doing spraying and other chores. “I always enjoy harvest,” he said. He and his wife, JoAnn, are frequent travelers with the International Fruit Tree Association, tracing his membership back to 1959, the third year of its founding. He was a director for six years. He served as […]