—such as a rope, a bucket, a pulley, bedding, or a key.

If the item sold (or similarly transferred) is a parcel of land, everything planted in it of saplings and any buildings is included, but not those crops that are harvested only once—such as wheat, barley, onions, and the like. Such crops remain the property of the seller, rent-free, until the first time they can be gathered, unless the purchaser has stipulated them for himself. If the produce is of the kind that is cut time after time, like fresh clover and greens, or if its fruit recurs, such as cucumbers and eggplants1, then the roots belong to the buyer, while the standing growth and the first picking belong to the seller, who must remove them2 immediately.

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When date-palms are sold after their flower-spathe has split open, the fruit belongs to the seller and is left in place until the earliest time it can be taken. The same ruling applies when trees whose fruit has already appeared—grapes, figs, mulberries, pomegranates3, or walnuts—are sold; or when their blossoms have emerged, as in apricots, apples, quinces, and almonds; or when buds have come out of their sheaths, as with roses. Anything sold before these stages belongs to the buyer.

The land itself is not automatically included with the trees, so if the tree dies the purchaser has no right to plant another in its place.