If you are thinking of growing Mountain Spring as a short stake, determinate variety in Alabama, I would suggest Mountain Glory instead for its improved disease resistance to problems endemic to the Southeast. Mountain Glory is an improved version of Mountain Spring.
Another short stake, determinate hybrid that does well in the Deep South is Florida 7514 which has Neptune as one of its parents, and resists Bacterial Spot and Speck, along with nematode root knot. If you want an open pollinated, short stake determinate market tomato with the same general characteristics as Florida 7514, you might try Neptune as well, however the fruit will be smaller, and about half the size of Mountain Glory.
Better Bush is a popular bedding plant sales item for Bonnie Plant Farms, and the seeds are cheap by comparison to many more sophisticated determinate hybrids, which is why I think you continue to see Better Bush transplants in so many nursery and big box spring sales racks.
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