Commentary for Ketubot 223:3

לשנה איקלע ר' אלעזר להתם ואייתו לקמיה נקטו בידיה ואמר (תהלים קז, לד) ארץ פרי למלחה מרעת יושבי בה

A year later R. Elazar came there on a visit and they brought [a peach] before him. He took it in one hand and said, “A fruitful land into a salt waste, because the wickedness of those that dwell there.” (Psalms 107:34).

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