Talmud zu Sheviit 1:9

Rebbi Yose said, even three years old it will not have the thickness of a tenter’s needle. Rebbi Yudan said, a baraita supports Rebbi Yose: ¹⁰³From here to the end of the Halakhah, the text is from Ševi‘it 1:9, Notes 72–79. The baraita explains the Mishnah defining how long a tree is called “sapling.” A tree which is a sapling for seven years cannot have very impressive roots after three years.“Rebbi says, when they said five, six, or seven years old, for vines five years old, for figs six years old, for olives seven years old.” ¹⁰⁴These two sentences belong to Ševi‘it 1:9 and have no meaning here. In any case, the size of the root is no direct indication of a tree’s age. But do we not see the growth of the fig tree come with fruits? Rebbi Yudan said, according to Rebbi Tryphon we throw it on its width.