Related%20passage for Eruvin 56:4

נפק אתא ינוקא דבי רב א"ל מאי אגמרך רבך א"ל כשות בורא פרי האדמה חזיז שהכל נהיה בדברו אמר ליה אדרבה איפכא מיסתברא האי מארעא קא מרבי והאי מאוירא קא מרבי

The law, however, is in agreement with the school child. What is the reason? - The former is the ripened fruit while the latter is not the ripened fruit. And, as to your objection that 'the latter derives its nourishment from the earth while the former derives it from the air' [the fact is that in reality this] is not [the case].

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