MORTGAGE LIFTER IS A HUGE, FLAVORFUL, BEEFSTEAK-TYPE TOMATO WITH AN UNUSUAL NAME, AND A GREAT STORY BEHIND THAT NAME! BACK IN LOGAN, WEST VIRGINIA, IN THE 1930’S, TIMES WERE HARD AND M.C. BYLES HAD AN IDEA. WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HE CROSSED FOUR TYPES OF TOMATOES TO MAKE THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND PLANT. HE SOLD THESE “MORTGAGE LIFTER” TOMATO PLANTS FOR $1 EACH, AND PAID OFF HIS $6000 MORTGAGE IN SIX YEARS!
IN ADDITION TO THE NAME, MORTGAGE LIFTER TOMATOES ALSO HAVE AN UNIQUE APPEARANCE AND TASTE. THE FRUITS ARE DOWN RIGHT HUGE, WEIGHING AN AVERAGE OF 2-1/2 POUNDS, AND CAN TIP THE SCALES AT OVER 4 POUNDS! THE MORTGAGE LIFTER TOMATO HAS AN IRREGULAR MULTI-LOBED SHAPE WITH DARK PINK SKIN. THE PINK INTERIOR IS VERY MEATY, SWEET AND FAVORFUL, WITH VERY FEW SEEDS. A CONSISTENT TASTE TEST WINNER, YOU’LL AGREE THAT MORTGAGE LIFTER IS ONE OF A KIND! THESE TOMATOES ARE AN INDETERMINATE VARIETY, MEANING THEY KEEP PRODUCING UNTIL FROST.
IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT YOU START YOUR MORTGAGE LIFTER TOMATO SEEDS INDOORS ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS BEFORE THE LAST FROST IN YOUR AREA, SO YOU CAN TRANSPLANT THE YOUNG TOMATO PLANTS OUTSIDE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
COMES WITH COMPLETE PLANTING & GROWING INSTRUCTIONS!
