Bonnie Best apple

USDA identification images for Bonnie Best

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 01 Nov 2023 

  Just picked my first Bonnie’s Best, after planting the tree 7 years ago ( that seems like long time; this tree is on semi-dwarf rootstock). Anyway, the eating quality is excellent. Not as crunchy as Honey Crisp, but still very pleasing to bite into. A bit of tartness on first bite, but a nice sweetness to finish. I like that I can detect no bitterness in the skin, as with some other varieties - I don’t peel my apples for fresh eating. Flesh color on mine is a creamy white, not yellow as some have described. Maybe next season I can harvest enough to try cooking; I’d like to see how it works in apple pie
• 29 Mar 2021  OR, United States

  Very excited to plant this tree! We just need to know the flowering group. Anyone know?
• 12 Oct 2014  MINNESOTA, United States

  Just tried a Bonnie Best and it is an excellent apple! Have never heard of this variety before but, if you're a Honey Crisp fan, this is it's equal!
• 21 Mar 2014  INDIANA, United States

  Tasty, juicy, white flesh, crisp but not too hard. This is an enjoyable apple and one of the prettiest I have ever seen!

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The following orchards grow Bonnie Best:

United States

• Iowa

  • Gravert's Apple Basket Orchard, Sabula

• Minnesota

  • Sweetland Orchard, Webster