Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 165:6

אלא לרב נחמן אליבא דרבנן מפוזרין שמעינן ליה רצופין מי שמעינן ליה סברא הוא מדלר"ש פלגא לרבנן נמי פלגא

A vineyard planted on [an area of] less than four cubits is not [regarded as] a vineyard — these are the words of R. Simeon. And the sages say: [It is regarded as a] vineyard, the intervening vines being treated as if they were not [in existence].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Rabbis' opinion is based on the assumption that the intervening vines are not to remain in the vineyard, but to be transplanted. Trees that are destined to be removed are regarded as already removed. ');">¹¹</span> [The statement], however, of R. Nahman who follows the Rabbis [cannot very well be considered satisfactory; for] we have heard [a definition of] scattered [trees, but] have we heard [a definition of] closely [planted trees]? — This [latter definition is arrived at] logically: Since according to R. Simeon [the distances between closely planted trees are] half [of those of scattered trees], according to the Rabbis also, [the proportion of the distances is a] half.

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