Commentary for Avodah Zarah 40:15
ואי אשמעינן בהא בהא קאמר ר' מאיר אבל בהנך אימא מודי ליה לרבי יהודה צריכא
And were we told of the case of [low-growth] only, we might have thought that it is only in that case that R. Meir states his rule, but in the other two cases, he agrees with R. Judah; hence all these are necessary.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
If we had learned only the case of the low growth, we might have thought that R. Meir rules strictly there because it pays for the non-Jew not to cut the low growth down. Thus he will hold on to the land. But in the case of the tree or the grain, there is no definite benefit to letting it grow, therefore R. Meir might agree with R. Judah. Thus we need to know that the tannaim disagree about all three cases.
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