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Grow Tomatoes Review: My Mortgage Lifter Beefsteak Heirloom Experience in 2009
Mortgage Lifter Beefsteak Heirloom Tomato Slices
Mortgage Lifter Plant is Green and Vigorous June 13, 2009
The Mortgage Lifter Beefsteak Heirloom Tomato Story Summary
Few tomatoes have such a wonderful story as Mortgage Lifter Heirloom Beefsteak Tomato. I had heard a vague reference to the story about “Radiator” Charlie, but was delighted to find more details on posts on the internet. It is a great depression era story and I have to admit to wanting to plant this heirloom tomato because of its name. If you are intrigued by the name, take the time to visit the referenced site and enjoy it.
MC Byles worked for seven years to develop this strain of tomato back in the depression days and sold the seeds to pay down his mortgage. He bred 5 tomatoes until he was satisfied with the stable strain that became “Mortgage Lifter”. It was not a fluke, but a good idea persistently pursued and a keen sense of business that gave us this beloved tomato to grow.
Mortgage Lifter Beefsteak Heirloom Tomato Flowers 13 June 2009
My Experience in Growing Mortgage Lifter Beefsteak Heirloom Tomato in 2009
This year, the tomato plant went in late in March and following the excellent advice of old-time tomato growers at the Fullerton Arboretum who volunteered at the tomato sale we stripped off most of the early growth and buried 80% of the Mortgage Lifter beefsteak tomato plant. It grew lustily and into a hefty vine, supported by 2 tomato cages and a number of bamboo stakes. What I have not understood is why that one particular tomato plant has not fruited well.
Grow Tomatoes Review: Follow-Up Photo of Golden Pineapple Beefsteak Tomato
Slices of Golden Pineapple Beefstea Tomato With Whole Tomato
“A cooked tomato is like a cooked oyster: ruined.” – Andre Simon, The Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy
DoT’s Thot: If you subscribe to the thinking above, then you are the kind of gardener who will eat a ripe tomato while standing among the tomato plants, with no added embellishments — just the warmth from the sun heating up the sweet internal juices of the tomato.
If you subscribe to this thnking and do not garden, you are picky when you buy tomatoes and will judge carefully the tomatoes best suited to serve plain, maybe with the salt and pepper grinders or shakers on the table. However, you probably would not try to eat one of the large Golden Pineapple heirloom beefsteak tomatoes in the garden, saving it to savor at the dining table.
Tomato Journal Entry: Early July 2009 — Golden Pineapple Beefsteak Tomato
Early in July, we picked a couple of much awaited bicolor heirloom Golden Pineapple Beefsteak tomatoes. They were the anticipated golden yellow with red streaks on the skin. I was remiss and forgot to photograph the large tomato that was sliced for lunch, but did recover my senses enough to photograph slices of the other half we ate for dinner.
Here is the photograph showing some large moon-shaped slices. You can clearly see that the golden yellow and pale yellow internal flesh is streaked and mottled with pink . Toward the center, the pink darkens to a reddish hue. There are few seeds in the meaty flesh and it is a firm, creamy texture, not mushy, not watery, not crunchy. The tomato to the right of the plate is much smaller, as can be seen, yet clearly shows the distinctive red striping overlaying the golden yellow skin.
This tomato has had a tendency to produce some cracking on the tomato tops as the weather turns super hot in our garden and if we are not fast enough in readjusting the watering times with the soaker hose, but the beauty, texture, and taste (mild, but flavorful) of the tomato makes me look for the Golden Pineapple Beefsteak heirloom tomato seedlings every March. If I cannot find this one, I will opt for a related tomato, perhaps Pineapple or even Green Pineapple. Certainly, it does not hurt that these remind of home and the pineapples from Hawaii.
Aloha, DoT
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