Commentary for Bava Metzia 144:6

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אין פוסקין על הפירות עד שיצא השער יצא השער פוסקין ואע"פ שאין לזה יש לזה

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A MAN MUST NOT FIX A PRICE FOR PRODUCE UNTIL THE MARKET PRICE IS KNOWN; ONCE THE MARKET IS ESTABLISHED, A FIXED PRICE MAY BE AGREED UPON, FOR EVEN IF ONE HAS NO STOCK, ANOTHER HAS. IF HE WAS OF THE FIRST HARVESTERS, HE [THE BUYER] MAY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR [THE CROPS IN] THE STACK,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., for the grain already in stacks, though no market price has been established. ');">¹¹</span> THE BASKET OF GRAPES,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A basket used for carrying grapes during the vintage; the meaning is that one may fix a price for the wine to be manufactured from grapes already vintaged in baskets. ');">¹²</span>

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