The purchaser from the day of sale until a resale or a redemption, and a redemptioner from the day of his redemption until another redemption, shall be entitled to the possession of the property purchased or redeemed, unless the same be in the possession of a tenant holding under an unexpired lease, and in such case shall be entitled to receive from such tenant the rents or the value of the use and occupation thereof during the same period. Any purchaser or prior redemptioner or both as the case may be, shall be entitled to cultivate and to reap, harvest, cut, etc., the first crop or any crops which he may have planted prior to the redemption.