Tim, I'm one who thinks that the Estler strain is better than the regular Radiator Charlie strain.
For me it's smoother, produces more and I think the taste is much better.
There's so much hoopla about ML b'c of the story that's involved, but it seems to be true that the Estler family developed it first and registered the name Mortgage Lifter in I think it was 1922.
An Estler family member posted some background in a recent thread at GW and I meant to save it, but didn't and I should. It tallys well with what is said at Chuck Wyatt's old site.
And b'c I like the Estler strain better that's what I offered in my now closed seed offer here at Tville.
But as pink tomatoes go, I've never thought that ML of any strain, for there are others as well, is as good as many other large pinks.
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