Washed Mortgage Lifter tomatoes fresh from the garden (photo by author)

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Mortgage Lifter Tomato

A tasty heirloom you need in your garden

If you like big beefy tomatoes, the Mortgage Lifter tomato is one to grow. This tomato was developed in the 1930s by a radiator mechanic who came up with the idea of cross-breeding four varieties of large tomatoes. By the 1940s he was selling the resulting plants for $1 each. He did so well he eventually paid off the…