(Mishnah): Branches of a sorb tree or carob tree - they and their money have the sanctity of Sheviis and Biur must be done to them and their money. Branches of the Elah (terebinth), the pistachio and the whitethorn trees - they and their money have the sanctity of Sheviis but they and their money do not require Biur. However, their leaves have the sanctity of Sheviis because they have fallen from their stem.

The rose, the cyprus, the balsam and the lotus - they and their money have the sanctity of Sheviis.

(R. Shimon): Balsam doesn't have the sanctity of Sheviis because it is not a fruit.

New (7th year) rose preserved in old (6th year) oil - he may pick out the rose. Old rose in new oil requires Biur.

New carobs preserved in old wine or old carobs in new wine require Biur.

The general rule is - If two different varieties mixed, if it imparts flavor, it requires Biur. If two of the same variety mixed, any amount requires Biur for the whole mixture.

Sheviis produce prohibits with any amount. If it mixed with another variety, it requires Biur if it imparts flavor.

(Gemara) Question: (Comparing the two cases of the Mishnah of branches of a sorb tree and branches of the Elah and the pistachio) - in the first case you said that one may not eat them when the time of Biur comes, even when they are still on the tree; then in the second case you said that Biur doesn't apply (assumedly because since they are still on the tree they will continue to exist and are part of the tree)?

Answer (R. Pinchas): There (first case), the branches won't become hard (as they will fall off, so Biur applies); but here (second case) they will become hard (as they will remain on the tree and are part of it).

Baraisa: In all cases of the Mishnah, if they grew in the 6th year and were cut in Sheviis, they are like 6th year produce, aside from the Adel as it's like a vegetable (and follows the year of its picking).

(R. Abahu citing R. Yochanan): The text of the Baraisa shouldn't say that 'they are like 6th year produce'; it should say that 'they are like 7th year produce'.

Question (Baraisa): Siah (savory), Eizov (hyssop) and Kurnus (thyme) (which are usually exempt from Maaser as they are Hefker) that were brought to a person's courtyard (become obligated in Maaser). But if it was the 2nd year going into the 3rd year, it's considered 3rd year produce (and Maaser Ani is given rather than Maaser Sheni). If it was the 6th year going into the 7th year, it's considered 6th year (and it must be tithed).

Conclusion of question: This seems contradictory - it just taught that 6th year going into the 7th is considered 6th, but beforehand it taught that 2nd year going into 3rd is considered 3rd year?

Answer (R. Yosi): Althought the 3rd and 6th years don't require Maaser Sheni, there are other Ma'asros; but Sheviis doesn't require Ma'asros at all.

Question: Didn't R. Abahu say (citing R. Yochanan) that the text of the Baraisa shouldn't say that 'they are like 6th year produce'; it should say that 'they are like 7th year produce'...? (He should have said it they are like 6th year produce to obligate them in Maaser Rishon and Maaser Ani.)

Answer: In Sheviis they are in the possession of the owner; here (in the 3rd) year they are in the possession of the poor -one certain is better than two doubtful. (Sheviis produce is permitted for all, including the poor, so the poor man can certainly come and take it; but 6th year produce is more of a doubt for the poor man, as the owner might choose to give the Maaser Ani to a different poor man.)

(The Mishnah taught that leaves require Biur but branches do not, as they remain attached.) If leaves were pickled with branches (what is the primary item to establish the requirement of Biur) - some taught that they all now require Biur; some taught that neither require Biur and some taught that the leaves require but the branches don't require Biur.

R. Yehoshua is of the opinion that neither require Biur. Rabban Gamliel is of the opinion that the leaves require but the branches don't require Biur. (The opinions of these two Tannaim appear in a Mishnah in Perek 9 Halachah 4.)