Heirloom Tomato Garden — 6 Live Plants: Cherokee Purple, Pineapple & Brandywine Pink

The tomatoes people plant gardens for.

Before supermarket tomatoes were bred for shipping, tomatoes were bred for flavor — and these three are the proof that never went away. Six live plants, each in its own 4-inch pot: two each of three heirlooms that gardeners have handed down for a century.

What’s included

• 2 Cherokee Purple — dusky rose-purple beefsteaks with deep, smoky-sweet flavor. Routinely voted the best-tasting tomato in America
• 2 Heirloom Pineapple — huge golden fruits streaked with red, sweet and almost tropical. A stunner sliced on a platter
• 2 Brandywine Pink — the legendary Amish heirloom since 1885. Rich, creamy, old-fashioned tomato flavor
• Printed plant care guide in every box

All three are indeterminate vines that keep producing until frost. Give them full sun, a sturdy stake or cage, and steady water — then start planning tomato sandwiches.

Building a bigger food garden? Add the Salsa Garden Kit ($59.97) and every taco night is covered.

Some photography via Wikimedia Commons: Pineapple tomato by Romainbehar (CC0), Brandywine by David.moreno72 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — cropped and color-adjusted.