Mortgage Lifter, Estler's

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Mortgage Lifter, Estler's
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	oblate, beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, family heirloom
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - ripe fruit. 2008-09-09.

B.C KO T

80-85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with high yield of 10-16 oz pink fruit with excellent flavor.

Seed source:

Tatiana Kouchnareva, Anmore, BC (B.C KO T) 06 / Bill D. McAlevey, Massachusetts 05 / Chuck Wyatt of Baltimore, Maryland (MD WY C)

Year grown: 2005, 2008

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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IL LO N]

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with good yield of 1-1.5 lb pink fruit with excellent flavor.

Seed source:

Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin (WI MI B) 02

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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TX GU R

80 days, indet., regular leaf, very good yield of excellent tasting 1-1.5 lb pink fruit.

Seed source:

Year grown:

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• An Estler family heirloom that seems to have originated in Barboursville, West Virginia, in about 1922.
• Seed for this variety was commercially introduced by Chuck Wyatt of Maryland.
• This variety is said to be older than Mortgage Lifter, Radiator Charlie's, and goes back to 1922. Chuck Wyatt's seed came from Bob Estler, son of the William S. Estler (1884-1968) who originated the variety, seed of this variety was sent to Australia in the 1930s by the Estler's, likely the ancestor of the Australian variety Mortgage Lifter.
• Transplants have been sold for many years by many West Virginia greenhouses since the 1930s.

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See also

• Mortgage Lifter,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Halladay's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Radiator Charlie's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Mullen's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Quisenberry's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Riegers,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Carter's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Pesta,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Cartwright's,
  
• Red and Yellow Mortgage Lifter,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Yellow,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, Watson's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, O'Driscoll's,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, German,
  
• Mortgage Lifter, McGarity's

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's. 2008-05-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - flower buds. 2008-06-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - flower. 2008-07-18.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - baby fruit. 2008-07-18.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - green fruit. 2008-07-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - ripe fruit. 2008-09-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - ripe fruit. 2008-09-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Mortgage Lifter, Estler's - ripe fruit. 2008-09-09.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Delectation of Tomatoes	.	.
2013	Heritage Harvest Seed	.	.
2012		.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2011 Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed	5	1
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed	3	.
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed	3	.
2008		2	.
2007		2	.

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