Mortgage Lifter tomato is a moderate to high producer of large, reddish-pink beefsteaks that weigh about one pound. The flesh is solid and meaty with few seeds. The flavor is mild and balanced. It performs best in the south.
This American heirloom is famous for its story.
HomePink & Red Tomato Seeds
Pink and red tomatoes are the most popular varieties we sell. They have the classic tomato flavor that people love, and they are high in lycopene.
Sowing Tomato Seeds
Start tomato seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost date. Sow 1/8" deep. Transplant outside 2 weeks after the last frost date. Full sun. Spacing 30-36".
Tomato 'Amish Paste'
(85 days)
25 seeds $3.00
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Amish Paste tomato is a wonderful heirloom from the Amish community. It is good for both fresh eating and making sauce. It's one of the few paste types that ripens in our zone 5 garden. Very productive. The meaty, teardrop-shaped fruits weigh 6-8 ounces and have an exceptionally good flavor - much better than your typical paste tomato!
Tomato 'Brandywine Sudduth's'
(85 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Brandywine, Sudduth's Strain is the heirloom tomato with the legendary taste. The well-balanced flavor is complex and difficult to describe, but oh, so delicious! The large, pink beefsteaks weigh 1-2 pounds. Brandywine is the yardstick by which all other pink tomatoes are judged. Ben Quisenberry obtained the original seeds from Doris Sudduth Hill, whose family grew it for 80 years. Potato-leaf.
Abe Lincoln is a popular heirloom tomato with scarlet-red, medium-size fruits that weigh about 8 ounces. It has a classic, tangy tomato flavor. The productivity is good. It was originally introduced in 1923 by the W. H. Buckbee seed company of Rockford, Illinois. Also known as Abraham Lincoln. It is recommended for gardeners who are looking for a "good old-fashioned tomato".
Thessaloniki is a large, red tomato with robust flavor. It is very productive, making it one of our favorite canning varieties. Fruits weigh about 5 ounces.
This wonderful heirloom tomato was bred in Greece in 1957 by the Ministry of Agriculture Experimental Farm.
Tomato 'Abe Lincoln'
(80 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Tomato 'Thessaloniki'
(80 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Pink Pioneer is our own introduction. It's a large, pink beefsteak with a delicious, well-balanced flavor. In a blind taste test, three out of five people in our family prefered it over Brandywine. This beautiful tomato is crack-resistant and productive. The fruits often weigh one pound or more. Potato-leaf foliage. Utah heirloom. See this page for the history of Tomato 'Pink Pioneer'.
Tomato 'Pink Pioneer'
(80 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Tomato 'Mortgage Lifter'
(82 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Peacevine Cherry is our all-time favorite cherry tomato. The cherry-size fruits are sweet and tangy with a flavor that rivals a good full-size tomato. Very productive and crack-resistant. It is known for its high levels of vitamin C and a certain amino acid that relaxes the nervous system. Maybe it's my imagination, but I sure felt happy when I was eating these tomatoes in the garden.
Stupice may look like an ordinary red tomato. But it's the best early tomato I've ever grown. The 2-ounce, round fruits are deliciously juicy and tangy. They are produced on compact plants until the first frost. The potato-leaf foliage is disease-resistant. The name is pronounced Stoo-PEECH-ka. Stupice is an heirloom tomato from Czechoslovakia.
Tomato 'Peacevine Cherry'
(75 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Tomato 'Stupice'
(60 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Anna Russian tomato has oxheart-shaped fruits that weigh 8-16 ounces. The large, pink fruits are produced in abundance. They have a fantastic, sweet and juicy flavor that is unique to heart-shaped tomatoes. This is one of our favorite heirlooms. Because of the wispy, drooping foliage, people always ask if the plants are dying. No, it's just how they look. Don't worry. Be happy!
Tomato 'Anna Russian'
(80 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Tomato 'Eva Purple Ball' is one of the prettiest heirloom tomatoes. The dark pink, tennis ball-size fruits are produced in abundance. They are virtually immune to cracking - great for the farmers market. The fruits weigh 4-5 ounces and have excellent flavor. This treasure was brought to New Jersey in the late 1800's by immigrants from the Black Forest region of Germany.
Tomato 'Eva Purple Ball'
(78 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Tomato 'Giant Crimson'
(85 days)
25 seeds $3.00
Giant Crimson tomato is a very rare heirloom recently brought back from near-extinction by Luke Marion. The 5-8 ounce fruits are crimson-red and beautifully formed. They have a good, old-fashioned tomato flavor that we love. We got our original seeds from Luke. Watch this video for the amazing story of this tomato.
