Good Fruit Growers of the Year Dear Good Fruit Grower: For some in Washington State, the selection of the Rice family as the Good Fruit Grower magazine’s highest honor might come as a surprise in that they, first, are a fruit-­growing family outside of our state, and second, they do not know the Rices. I first got to know John Rice when I was appointed to the U.S. Apple Association board of directors ten years ago.  John had served Pennsylvania growers well during his years as a director and was a voice of consistent leadership in that organization; he worked […]