PlantFiles: Tomato
Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Mortgage Lifter'

A must in everyone's tomato garden

Last summer I tried the mortgage lifter with zero results. I tried again this summer but once again no tomatoes. All my other varieties produced great results, but not one piece of fruit from the m.l.

Excellent tomato! Produced a lot of large, delicious tomatoes! Will grow more plants next year.

I finally gave in and tried Mortgage Lifter this year. While it is a great looking, smooth Tomato the flavor was not all that I had hoped.
I prefer a darker fruit with a stronger flavor but this would probably appeal to anyone who prefers the lighter flavored maters

This is my 1st yr growing this tomato. It has very vigorous plants and the toms are huge and very pretty and blemish-free. Yields so far ar good and the plants are presently loaded down. I like the flavor a lot- not too tart and it sure makes a great 'mater sandwich. Plants/fruits seem to not be fazed by our heat but with our drought I have had to supplemental water.

I def will grow these again!

This is a great tomato on a great plant. The vines are more vigorous than a sugar filled 2 year old. The vines also have plenty of "mutations", e.g. : conjoined branches, double and even triple flowers, blooms ocassionally form ladders like a cherry tomato, ect.

The tomatoes themselves are huge, delicious and plentiful. Last year I did many blind taste tests - using my family and friends like guinea pigs. Mortgage lifter won every blind taste test - beating brandywine and a few other old "champs". But in taste tests without a blind fold it didnt do as well - I think the size of the fruits made people think that they were bland, I dont really know.

Yield is also just off the charts. We grow for our sole source of income so yield is very important to us. We wont be without it - a true beast.

does well here in manvel tx.upper gulf coast but i find it a little weak on old time flavor.prolific and large.

If I had to choose only one tomato to grow, it would be Mortagage Lifter. The production is always very good. The taste is fantastic. It is so meaty for a big tomato. It has very few seeds for its size. You can use it as a juicey slicer or for salsas. It is simply the best and most universal tomato that I have discovered so far.

Overrated!! Compared to the German Johnson that it came from I thought it lacked flavor. So many other reds that are better. It is a great story but apparently too many other tomatoes are around that taste better.

What a waste of two dollars. The four pack I got produced nothing! Granted they were a hair late because of a health issue I had but my other late comers did fine.

I have grown this species hydroponically in Melbourne, Australia in a small backyard hothouse, with quite spectacular results. Photos supplied by me speak for themselves, and this variety is in my opinion a lovely good tasting beefsteak type and I would not hesitate to grow them again next season.

One of the best of the large pink beefsteaks. In my experience second only to the Giant Belgium. Taste is matched only by the Giant Belgium and the ancient Purple Ponderosa. It does not grow misshapen cat-faced fruit like the Ponderosa. It is a relatively smooth tomato. It is a good yielding plant and tolerates nematodes and foliar diseases as well any of this type. There are many pink beefsteaks that I simly cannot grow here, but this one does well. And for those who ask, Yes I have grown the pink Brandywine and still prefer the Mortgage Lifter.

Have had good sucess with this variety even in dry years it is very productive. The fruit is meaty with a very good flavor. Because of it's productivity, and the quality of the fruit, this varity is sugested for market growers

This is the first year I have grown this variety but I had so many people talk about how well this tomato grows in our area and that it has a great taste for huge tomato that I had to find it for this year.

I grew these for the first time lasy year and they were huge and tasty. The standard variety is actually pinkish-red and are borne on a huge sturdy plant. These averaged about 21 ounces for me last year with several around 2 pounds. The tomatoes were very tasty with a good sharp bite. This year I am growing them again along with Mortgage Lifter Red.