Mishnayos Bikkurim Perek 2 Mishnah 6
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ביכורים פרק ב׳ משנה ו׳
An etrog is similar in three ways to [the fruit of an ordinary] tree, and in one way to a vegetable. It is similar to a tree in respect of orlah, fourth year plantings, and [the law of] the seventh year; And it is similar to a vegetable in one thing: that its tithing goes according to the time it is harvested, the words of Rabban Gamaliel. Rabbi Eliezer says: it is similar to a tree in all ways.
אֶתְרוֹג שָׁוֶה לָאִילָן בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה דְרָכִים, וְלַיָּרָק בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד. שָׁוֶה לָאִילָן, בָּעָרְלָה וּבָרְבָעִי וּבַשְּׁבִיעִית. וְלַיָּרָק בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶחָד, שֶׁבִּשְׁעַת לְקִיטָתוֹ עִשּׂוּרוֹ, דִּבְרֵי רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, שָׁוֶה לָאִילָן בְּכָל דָּבָר:
Bartenura
שוה לאילן. דאזלינן בתר חנטה, ומונין לו שלש לערלה משעת חנטה. וכן לרבעי וכן לשביעית דאם נחנט בששית ונגמר בשביעית מותר, ומכל מקום פטור ממעשר דלענין מעשר אזלינן בתר לקיטה כדין ירק וכיון דנלקט בשביעית פטור ממעשר:
שוה לאילן – that we “go” (i.e. determine it) following the formation of fruits or leaves. For we count [the] three [years towards] “Orlah”/being uncircumcised fruit (i.e., fruit-trees of the first three years) from the time when its leaves/fruit form, and similarly for that which is in its fourth year (which was carried to Jerusalem to be eaten there). And similarly for the seventh year produce, for its fruit/leaves formed in the sixth year and were completed in the seventh year, it is permissible [to eat from them]. But nevertheless, it is exempt from tithing, for concerning [the laws of] tithing, we follow after harvesting like the laws of vegetation, and since it is harvested in the seventh year, it is exempt from tithing.