Sheviis 5:1 — Slow-ripening fruits — which year is their Sheviis?

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נושא · Topicבְּנוֹת שׁוּחַ וּפַרְסָאוֹתSlow-ripening fruits — which year is their Sheviis?
This Mishnah is:a case · with a machlokeswhat does that mean?
Mishnah שביעית ה׳:א׳ · Sheviis 5:1
בְּנוֹת שׁוּחַ, שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁלָּהֶן, שְׁנִיָּה, שֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים.
רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הַפַּרְסָאוֹת, שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁלָּהֶן, מוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִית, שֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לִשְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים.
אָמְרוּ לוֹ, לֹא אָמְרוּ אֶלָּא בְנוֹת שׁוּחַ:
Pine cones - their Sheviis-produce status falls in the second year, because they take three years to produce.
Rabbi Yehuda says: Persian figs - their Sheviis-produce status falls in the year after Sheviis, because they take two years to produce.
They said to him: they only said [this] regarding pine cones:
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case/objectrestrictive rulingpermissive rulingTannareason
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בְּנוֹת שׁוּחַ — שְׁבִיעִית שֶׁלָּהֶן שְׁנִיָּהשְׁבִיעִיתמוֹצָאֵי שְׁבִיעִיתשְׁנִיָּהשֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִיםblossoms in the seventh, picked in the secondרַבִּי יְהוּדָה — הַפַּרְסָאוֹת, שֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לִשְׁתֵּי שָׁנִיםאָמְרוּ לוֹ: לֹא אָמְרוּ אֶלָּא בְנוֹת שׁוּחַ
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Slow-ripening fruits — which year is their Sheviis?▾
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When do pine cones (benos shuach) carry Sheviis status?In the second year after Sheviisשֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים — they take three years to produce
And what of monkey fruit (parsaos)?Rabbi Yehuda: The very next year — motzaei Sheviisשֶׁהֵן עוֹשׂוֹת לִשְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים — they take two years to produce
Chachamim: Ordinary fruit — the special rule is pine cones alone—
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