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John's Improved Cherokee Purple Tomato
$11.99
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John's Improved Cherokee Purple Tomato
Pre-Order Now for Spring Pick-Up!
$11.99
$10.99 each when you add 5+ tomatoes to your cart!
Buy more, save more!
Pre-Order Info
We're working hard to grow your plants in our greenhouse and giving them all the best love and care.
When you pre-order plants from us, we make sure we put our best plants into the hands of our best customers. You'll ensure you get all the quality plants you love without the worry of missing out.
And when you shop at a local business, you keep your money local too. Thank you for choosing to shop small and local with In The Garden.
This is a pre-order item that will be available to pick up in-store in the spring. You will receive an email confirmation when you place your order, and another email in the spring when they are ready for pick-up.
Pick-Up Info
You will receive an email when your plants are ready for pick-up in the spring. Simply come to the front desk with your pick-up information, and we will pull your plants from the greenhouse where they have been waiting patiently for you!
Plants must be picked up within 14 days of notification. Orders that are not picked up in that time will be released for re-sale, and you will not receive a refund. If you are unable to pick up your plants during that time, please let us know ASAP.
John has done it again! This time he has found the perfect Heirloom tomato.
John likes big tomatoes, and he loves big tomato taste. The parent plant of this improved version, Cherokee Purple, is a local favorite: it has great tomato taste and a nice, hefty size. But despite all of its best aspects, it does have a few downsides: it just doesn't produce very many tomatoes, and they can be prone to cracking. There's nothing more disappointing than spending all your time babying a tomato plant and being disappointed in the end.
Enter John's Improved Cherokee Purple Tomato! It looks and tastes like a Cherokee Purple Tomato, but the plant has much heavier fruiting with reduced cracking. It is also much more disease resistant.
These plants do get BIG, so staking is advised to keep those heavy fruits held up.
Make sure to use Fox Farm Grow Big liquid fertilizer once a week for even more fruit.
Pre-order yours today to get first dibs and we'll remind you when it's time to pick up and plant!
The Details: You will receive a John's Improved Cherokee Purple Tomato in an oversize quart planter pot in the quantity of your choice for 11.99 each, or 10.99 each when you buy 5 or more. Pick-up begins at our Totally Tomato Time event on Saturday, April 11, 2026.