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Mortgage Lifter
Mortgage Lifter Red

Belle tomate rose-rouge, bien saine. bon goût et bonne texture,
peut-être un peu moins sucrée que la moyenne des autres
Plant assez haut et bien costaud... Les tomates tiennent très longtemps
sur le plant, et même une fois cueillies.
Bien résistante au mildiou chez moi.

Gros fruits de type chair de boeuf, charnus avec peu de graines
Variété de saison (80 jours)
Croissance indéterminée
Hauteur : 2,50 m.
Feuillage normal
Origine : USA, Virginie, 1930

La note de Craonne : :810

La fiche de la tomate Mortgage Lifter sur Tomodori.com

Citation monticellostore :
In Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, written in 1781, he lists tomatoes as produce common to Virginia kitchen gardens. Jefferson grew his tomatoes at Monticello in 1809 - the first summer of his retirement - and grew them until his death.
The Mortgage Lifter tomato was developed in the early 1930's in Logan, West Virginia by a radiator repairman, M.C. "Radiator Charlie" Byles. Without any experience in breeding, he made a successful cross of four of the largest tomatoes he could find - German Johnson, Beefsteak, an Italian variety, and an English variety.

Fiche construite par Craonne et Les Tomos

Message posté...: **Mer 7 Nov 2007 22:47**

Une question se pose...

Radiator Charly et Mortgage Lifter sont-elles une seule et même tomate ???

J'ai trouvé sur un site une tomate intitulée " Radiator Charly's Mortgage Lifter" et Vent Marin parle d'une " Radiator Sam Mortgage Lifter "... Mais pour lui, Mortgage Lifter et Radiator Charly sont deux tomates différentes... :shock:

Encore un MSGA... :uieyrh

Message posté...: **Dim 20 Jan 2008 20:10**

Un début d'explication ?

MORTAGE LIFTER RED : A classic old-time, heirloom tomato. A red strain of the Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter that has almost become one of America's favorites. Produce large, indeterminate, regular-leaf, tomato plants produce good crops of 1-2 pound, slightly ribbed, meaty, red, beefsteak tomatoes with the perfectly rich, sweet, bold, old-fashioned tomato flavors. An ideal sandwich tomato. Also a good market tomato due to it's taste and beauty.

Craonne,
The original tomato is called "Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter". It is a pink beefsteak. Later, there was found a RED sport of it. That is called Mortgage Lifter Red.

Thanks Terry, do you think that mine is a radiator Charly or a Mortgage lifter Red? (Photos in the top of the page) It was pink-red color !!!

It is very difficult to tell from a photograph. I only know to look at the skin. If it is clear, then it is a pink. If it is yellow, then it is a red. Sometimes this is the only way to know. Peel away the epidermis (épiderme) and see if it is clear or yellow.
I hope you understand.