Commentary for Berakhot 71:23
הא גופא קשיא אמרת צלף ב"ש אומרים כלאים בכרם אלמא מין ירק הוא והדר תני אלו ואלו מודים שחייב בערלה אלמא מין אילן הוא
This is self-contradictory ! Thou declarest, "In the case of the caper-bush, Bet Shammai say : It constitutes Kila'im in a vineyard" — hence it is a kind of vegetable ! It then goes on to state, "Both, however, admit that it is subject to 'Orlah" — hence it is a kind of tree!
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
If it were a fruit, it would not constitute Kila'im.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Because vegetables are not subject to 'Orlah.
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