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Mortgage Lifter Tomato
Heirloom
84 Days
Heirloom 1920’s

An old fashioned favorite that produces meaty, mild tasting tomatoes that have been known to grow as large as 2 pounds! Tomato’s produce few seeds Perfect for slicing and salads. To this day the tomato consistently wins taste-tests.

Fruit size: 1-2 LB
Matures: 84 days
Plant spacing: 36 inches apart
Plant size: 4 feet tall
Plant type: Indeterminate


Fun Facts
• Developed in the 1930s by gardener Willam Estler of Barboursville, West Virginia who cross pollinated the four biggest varieties he knew
• He did this for six seasons coming up with this variety that produced this giant, tasty fruit
• He sold the plants for $1 a piece and paid off his $6000 mortgage in 6 years
• It is believed that the tomato originates in the western portions of South America
• Varieties of wild tomatoes are still found in Peru
• Aztecs of Central America called it "xitomatl"
• In 1692 a cookbook was published in Naples and mentions the Tomato

USES
They can be used fresh, frozen, canned and in salads

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