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Originally Posted by nctomatoman
I actually think that Bonny Best was developed by/first released by Stokes (formerly Johnson and Stokes) of Pennsylvania....I've got a Stokes catalog (just purchased) around that date, so will check.
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Bonny Best was developed by George W. Middleton of Jeffersonville, PA from a single plant selected from a field of Chalks Early Jewel. It was introduced by Walter P. Stokes in 1908.
John Baer made a selection from Bonny Best that was called John Baer and it was released in 1915.
The triad of Bonny Best/Chalks Early Jewel/ John Baer are almost identical in all ways. And all of them were also known by MANY synonyms which I won't list here.