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Number of Reviews: 16
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 01/15/2015 by
CCE Seneca County
- An intermediate gardener
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Seneca, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These were big, robust tomatoes until late blight hit. |
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Reviewed on 11/15/2013 by
KSgarden
- An intermediate gardener
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Stevens, Kansas, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| The plant thrived on this tomato but was very late in producing and lot of problems with splitting. It is a great slicing tomato and going to try in sauces. Will try it in a different location in the garden next year. |
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Reviewed on 08/25/2013 by
sadie
- An experienced gardener
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All Counties, Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Similar to Mariana's Peace in appearance. Some are quite irregular in shape. Taste is ok, but I feel there are other better tasting choices. Needs heavy duty cage. |
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Reviewed on 10/05/2011 by
A. W. Davidson
- An experienced gardener
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Marion, Indiana, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Probably the best yielding heirloom beefsteak I\'ve ever had. Flavor was good too. I sold both plants and fruit at the market this year and they were both popular.
Update from 2012:
I upped the yield to five stars. This is by far my best yielding large heirloom and also dealt with Blossom end rot during our long drought better than any other large variety. Very popular with customers and my best selling plant early in the season. I will always include this one in my garden. |
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Reviewed on 08/27/2011 by
TheFluffyOne
- An experienced gardener
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Kane, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This one was one of the pleasant surprises of the 27 varieties of tomatoes I grew in 2011. Mortgage Lifter had a rick flavor with a hint of sweetness that set it apart from perennial favorite Brandywine. While the tomato flavor was not as pounced as in Brandywine it still was on the upper end of old time tomato flavor. the tomatoes are very large and rather round with very little waste or cracking. I fI was growing a tomato for market this one would rate very high as it is attractive, very good tasting and good disease resistance and rather uniform in shape and in the large side. This is a very meaty tomatoes with few seeds and hardy any gel around the seeds. Perfect as a sandwich slicer. At this point I suspect this will be a permanent garden addition. \\r\\n****************************************************************************\\r\\nI grew Mortgage Lifter again in 2012, a brutal year for growing (drought, high heat) and it was again an allstar in a field of very high quality competition. It consistently set delicious fruit. It never exhibited any signs of stress or disease even though hybrids like Better Boy showed stress and disease.\\r\\n\\r\\nIf anything the taste improved due to the drought conditions, not that there was much need for improvement. Mortgage Lifter is moving toward being a must have in my garden. An excellent tomato on all counts.+++++++++++ 2019 update. A couple of years ago this made my must grow list. I love this tomatoe. It has a complexity to is, subtle sweetness and enough acidiity to make it an all time great. I am upping the taste from 4 stars to 5. |
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Reviewed on 06/21/2010 by
JoeP
- An experienced gardener
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Travis, Texas, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I wish I could rate taste. My Mortgage Lifter has not set any tomatoes. The vine is 6 foot tall and other tomato varieties around it loaded with tomatoes. |
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Reviewed on 06/09/2009 by
DDeskowitz
- An experienced gardener
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Jefferson, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I have made super heavy duty cages out of concrete remesh for these delicious monsters. Mine typically grow 6 1/2 to 7 foot tall and keep pumping out fruits until the second hard frost occurs. I find this is a very heavy feeder so dont be stingy with composted manure by any means..side dressing when it first starts blossoming and then again a month later gives better results for me. Picking off the suckers seems to aid in better tomatoes as well for me in my experience. I bought seeds for this variety and have been harvesting my own seeds ever since...scrutinizing its best qualities I only use around 3 tomatoes out of 12 to ensure this...great day to have friends over and do a big BLT festival at your house! this year I grew almost 200 seedlings for people at work due to their popularity. I find with some tlc these beefsteak heirlooms are anything but mild flavored..rather very rich yet lacking acidity ..which is good news for tummies that get heartburn easy. I also believe they stew and can well. last year in 2008 I harvested my largest tomato weighing in at 3 1/4 pounds! on average its easy to get 30 lbs of tomatoes from a single plant if you give them some extra care. the main issue i had last season was some blossom end rot due to almost two weeks of rain followed by 3 days of sun and then another week long rain stint.....when the sun did come out it was after 5pm and STILL I gave away over 100 lbs of tomatoes at work and neighbors....even enlisted my mother to take tomatoes in to her place of work to give them away! overkill is sometimes a good thing. |
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Reviewed on 04/28/2009 by
sherdygerdy
- An experienced gardener
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Cleburne, Arkansas, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| My favorite tomato!!! Like other reviews it is the variety that I plant every year. It just suits my taste buds and I like the small seed cavities. |
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Reviewed on 02/26/2008 by
excessively
- A novice gardener
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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We grew Mortage Lifter in a 5-gallon pot, and its production was at the low end of the heirlooms we grew in similar containers.
The taste was very fine, almost smoky, and made excellent bruschetta and even better pasta sauce. Very meaty and robust.
Suffered from quite a bit of concentric cracking during our unusually wet summer (though obviously this did not affect taste). Produced until frost. |
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Reviewed on 02/05/2008 by
lakeeriegarden
- An intermediate gardener
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Lorain, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This tomato variety always gets some real estate in one of my two small gardens. I always grow a few new varieties and a few I consider to be tried and true and this is certainly one of them. |
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Reviewed on 11/28/2007 by
GardenMom
- A novice gardener
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Albany, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Wow- what a tomato! It was one of the earliest tomatos in my garden, which for such a large tomato (usually around 1 pound plus) is unbelievable. It was amazingly prolific and the taste was fantastic. I grow 10 vairieties of tomatoes a year, so I'm stingy about keeping varieties- this one is on my permanent grow list. I highly highly suggest growing it, if the yield, size, and flavor isn't enough to get one to grow it, the story of it is fantastic! No heirloom garden is complete without it. |
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Reviewed on 04/23/2007 by
wyldutah
- An intermediate gardener
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Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| The BEST TOMATO! I'm growing these instead of Brandywine. Extra large, great taste. Did well in hot dry Salt lake. Produced
a fair amount. I would cut the tomato in half and keep 1/2 for me the other for my neighbor
They are too big to eat for 1 person |
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Reviewed on 08/28/2006 by
jaz
- An intermediate gardener
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Carroll, Maryland, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I agree with Aleopold!!! This tomato has the perfect acidity yet sweetness for my taste. I prefer a moderate acidity, and find some tomato types to be too bland.
This has been a tough year (2006) in Md for tomatoes. But I am very pleased with this
tomato!!! |
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Reviewed on 05/27/2006 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I have grown this one since the 60's and have always found it to be solid performer. It is a pink beefsteak and folks who like round reds with find the flavor too mild. I like pink and yellow beefsteaks for fresh eating and relegate the reds to cooking and canning. It will grow here when many of op beefsteaks won't. While it is similar in size and taste to the purple Ponderosa, it is a much smoother tomato. |
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Reviewed on 12/12/2005 by
remyo
- An experienced gardener
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Erie, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I found the flavor to be very mild. The yield was good for a larger tomato. I grew it only one year. I decide it wasn't worth another year. Someone that likes milder tomatoes may like this variety a lot though. |
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Reviewed on 12/11/2005 by
Aleopold
- An experienced gardener
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Obion, Tennessee, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| 'Mortgage Lifter' is the best tomato I have ever grown. It was actually the first heirloom I ever tried, and I was quite skeptical of it. The first year I set out three varities: 'Mortgage Lifter,' 'Better Boy,' and 'Early Girl.' I treated them all the same: started each variety from seed on the same date, set out on the same date, watering, general care. However, it out performed the 'Better Boy' and 'Early Girl' transplants I set out that year. It seemed to be able to resist pest and diseases better than the two hybrids, too. And the taste is wonderful! It is both sweet and sour at the same time; I compare the flavor of all other tomatoes to this one because it is so good. My fruits tend to be in the one pound range. I try to set the plants out around the first of May, and I'm harvesting the first fruit around the fourth of July. One thing to note; make sure that you have enough support for the fruit like a sturdy wire cage. 'Mortgage Lifter' is truly a winner in my book, and if for nothing else, try it for the taste!!! |
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