Bonny Best

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Bonny Best
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, canner
Variety type	commercial heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bonny Best - sliced fruit. 2009-08-09.

B.C KO T

Mid-season, indet., regular leaf plants produce uniform 4-10 oz round red fruit, which are blemish free with no core or green shoulders. Very nice smooth and juicy texture. The taste is very good to excellent, more tart than sweet.

Seed Source 

Reimer Seeds / CV Pacific Northwest Seeds 04|2008 (crop failure), 2009}}

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Introduced in 1908 and still one of the best canning tomatoes available. Productive, medium size red globes have excellent taste. A good old standby. Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. (70 days from transplant).

Source

Reimer Seeds / Heritage Harvest Seed

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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History

• Old heirloom. It was developed by George W. Middleton of Jeffersonville, Pennsylvania from a plant selected in a filed of Chalk's Early Jewel in the early 1900s.
• Introduced in 1908 by Stokes' Seeds, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• The catalog description said:

"Bonny Best - Finest Bright Red Sort for Greenhouse Growing - Of medium size, bright scarlet color, always smooth and of remarkably uniform size and shape. An elegant sort for market and shipping of acount of its even size and color, as some markets demand a bright red."

• Maule's Seed Book 1928 Catalog listed both John Baer and Bonny Best. Their description of Bonny Best tomato said:

"Early, Large, and Smooth; Heavy Cropper. 90 days.

(Scarlet red). This variety is a vigorous grower; enormously prolific. In shape it is slightly flattened but thicker through than most other tomatoes. In color it is a beautiful scarlet red, setting its fruit in clusters of five or more at close intervals. Ready to pick in 100 days. Makes a magnificent variety for greenhouse growing. Also an excellent quality tomato for all purposes, growing in all sections.

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Also known as

• John Baer

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Related

• Chalk's Early Jewel,
  
• Mammoth Wonder, Burgess

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See also

• Bonnie Best,
  
• Bonny Best, Geswein Purple

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Picture Gallery

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  Dan and Val McMurray (B.C MC D). Bonnie Best. 2006

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bonny Best - flowers. 2009-06-06.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bonny Best - baby fruit. 2009-06-13.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bonny Best - baby fruit. 2008-08-04.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bonny Best - green fruit. 2009-06-27

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  Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Bonny Best - ripe fruit. 2012-09-29.

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  Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Bonny Best - ripe fruit. 2012-09-29.

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  Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Bonny Best - ripe fruit. 2012-09-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Bonny Best - sliced fruit. 2009-08-09.

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  Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Bonny Best - sliced fruit. 2012-09-29.

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  Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Bonny Best - sliced fruit. 2012-09-29.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Pinetree Seeds The Sample Seed Shop	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2013 Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds The Sample Seed Shop	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center The Sample Seed Shop	9	6
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Reimer Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds The Sample Seed Shop - new West Coast Seeds	9	6
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Gourmet Seed International Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Reimer Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds	7	.
2009	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gourmet Seed International Heirloom Seeds Heritage Harvest Seed Heirloom Tomatoes Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds West Coast Seeds	7	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gourmet Seed International Heirloom Seeds Heritage Harvest Seed Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds West Coast Seeds - new	9	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	11	.