{"id":2986,"date":"2026-09-19T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:20:43","slug":"bonner-beste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bonner-beste\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonner Beste (Bonn&#8217;s Best) Tomato Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;2986&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bonner Beste (Bonn\\u0026#039;s Best) Tomato Reviews&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bonner Beste<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A historic commercial heirloom originally from Germany (the name translates to &#8220;Bonn&#8217;s Best&#8221;). It has been widely adapted and heavily grown by Russian and Eastern European gardeners for its extreme reliability.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> Indeterminate (tall), vigorous vine. Produces heavy trusses (clusters) of fruit. It is highly disease-resistant and known for setting fruit continuously regardless of heat or bad weather (zero blossom drop).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Bright red, perfectly round and uniform cocktail-sized tomatoes. They are exactly the size and shape of ping-pong balls, usually weighing around 40-50g (1.5-2 oz).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Culinary Use:<\/strong> Meaty and sweet, but not bland\u2014it has a very nice tangy kick. Perfect for early fresh snacking and salads. If picked before they get too soft and overripe, they are absolutely phenomenal for whole-fruit canning.<\/li>\n<li>\u23f3 <strong>Maturity:<\/strong> Mid-early season. A great gap-filler while waiting for the late-season giants to ripen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">A<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">ALIANNA (Galina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (8,189 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Stavropol Krai USDA Zone 6-7.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>The old heirloom Bonner Beste. It&#8217;s a tall, indeterminate vine that produces heavy trusses (clusters). Mid-early season.<\/p>\n<p>It is incredibly productive and sets fruit continuously with zero blossom drop, completely unfazed by the weather. Highly disease resistant, too.<\/p>\n<p>The fruits are on the smaller side and perfectly uniform\u2014exactly like ping-pong balls. Bright red. The flesh is meaty and sweet, but definitely not bland; it has a really nice slight tangy kick to it.<\/p>\n<p>They ripen early and really hold us over while we&#8217;re waiting for the big beefsteaks \/ slicers to mature. If you catch them before they get overripe and soft, they are perfect for whole-fruit canning.<\/p>\n<p>I absolutely love this variety and have been growing it for several years now. It&#8217;s a staple for me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-250718133539.jpeg\" alt=\"Bonner Beste ping-pong sized red tomato on scale\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/227\/20504-130718155125.jpeg\" alt=\"Bonner Beste heavy trusses of red tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/227\/20504-110718115556.jpeg\" alt=\"Perfectly round uniform red Bonner Beste tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/227\/20504-120718074449.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvested Bonner Beste tomatoes in a bucket\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/227\/20504-120718074658.jpeg\" alt=\"Bonner Beste sliced open showing meaty interior\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/228\/20504-170718115832.jpeg\" alt=\"Bonner Beste whole fruit canning in glass jars\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/231\/20504-250718092802.jpeg\" alt=\"Bowl of freshly picked Bonner Beste heirloom tomatoes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Bonner Beste \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A historic commercial heirloom originally from Germany (the name translates to &#8220;Bonn&#8217;s Best&#8221;). It has been widely adapted and heavily grown by Russian and Eastern European gardeners for its extreme reliability. \ud83c\udf3f Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall), vigorous vine. Produces heavy trusses (clusters) of fruit. It is highly &#8230; <a title=\"Bonner Beste (Bonn&#8217;s Best) Tomato Reviews\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/bonner-beste\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bonner Beste (Bonn&#8217;s Best) Tomato Reviews\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,102,4,438],"tags":[26,220,48,97,30,33],"class_list":["post-2986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heirloom-other","category-cocktail-salad-tomatoes","category-paste-canning","category-red-tomatoes","tag-cocktail-tomato","tag-disease-resistant","tag-early-season","tag-german-heirloom","tag-heavy-yielder","tag-indeterminate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2987,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions\/2987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}