Francisco, left, and Humberto Ramirez graduated from Wenatchee Valley College’s Hispanic Orchard Employee Education Program. (Geraldine Warner/Good Fruit Grower) Three years ago, Humberto and Francisco Ramirez knew little about growing cherries, so they were surprised this summer to be named the top late-season cherry growers of 2007 by their packer Stemilt Growers, Inc., Wenatchee, Washington. The two brothers, both long-time orchard workers, bought an old 12-acre cherry orchard at Howard Flat, Chelan, in 2004. Originally from Michoacán in Mexico, they had started working in the Washington apple industry in 1988 at Cascade Foothills Orchard near Chelan Falls, which was owned […]