Commentary for Chullin 228:12

משום דאיכא למימר עבד בן שפחה אחי משוחררת יוכיח שאסור פרי עם פרי ומותר פרי עם האם

But [this too is no refutation since] that position is due solely to the deed of emancipation; for, in truth, the case of a slave, the son of a freed bondwoman, who is also the brother of a bondwoman, could prove the reverse: for the fruit is permitted with the fruit, and the fruit with the 'mother' is forbidden! Rather said R'Idi B'Abin: Because one can refute the argument thus: The case of diverse seeds could prove otherwise: for the fruit is forbidden with the fruit, nevertheless the fruit with the mother is permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Ibid. XIX, 19. Fruit with fruit is forbidden, i.e., diverse seeds may not be sown together, nevertheless the fruit with the mother is permitted, i.e., a seed may be sown in the 'mother' earth, the soil.');">⁹</span>

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