xtsho
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These are mortgage lifters, one of the better beef steaks to grow, magnificent flavour terrific size
You say those tomatoes you groove may have been for supermarket shelves, years ago I grew a tomato called Verna Orange, they are the closest things to Cork, worst tomato ever grown
I'm going to have a crack at some of those dwarf tomatoes this season,, they climb they have a determinant growth pattern, with an indeterminant fruiting pattern, we'll see
Cheers
I've grown Mortgage lifters before and you're right that they're a great beefsteak. That's why I'll be growing them next year. The Burpee beefsteak I grew was a consumer pack of seeds but the quality in flavor is just not there and when you cut into them they have hard flesh running through them. They were quite a disappointment. Although it could have been the weather. We had a cold wet spring so they got planted late and then we had really hot temps for a long time. But the Siletz were spectacular like always so I'm leaning towards the tomato variety. They produced well and the tomatoes are nice and big. They just don't have the flavor or texture that others I've grown have.