From left, Good Fruit Grower Managing Editor Shannon Dininny and the DeMarree family, Alison, Kristen and Tom, the 2025 Good Fruit Growers of the Year. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) Despite tough economic times, Washington’s tree fruit industry celebrated some of its most successful people on Tuesday evening, Dec. 9, at the Washington State Tree Fruit Association’s annual awards banquet in the Wenatchee Convention Center. Highlighting the evening was the honoring of the Good Fruit Growers of the Year — Tom, Alison and Kristen DeMarree of Williamson, New York — chosen by the magazine’s advisory board for their embrace of new varieties, […]