The peduncle of figs, dried figs, chickpeas, and carobs, these contract tumah and convey tumah, and combine. R’ Yose says: Even the peduncle of a gourd. The peduncles of pears, krustemilin apples, quinces, and sorbs; the peduncle of a gourd, a handbreadth; the peduncle of an eggplant, a handbreadth. R’ Elazar the son of R’ Zadok says: Two handbreadths. these contract tumah and convey tumah, but do not combine. And all other peduncles do not contract tumah and do not convey tumah.

Olives that one preserved with their leaves are tahor, because he only soaked them for [their] appearance. The hairs of cucumbers and its blossom are tahor. R’ Yehudah says: As long as [the cucumber] is by a merchant, it is tamei.

All pits contract tumah and convey tumah but do not combine. The pit of a moist [date], even though it protrudes, combines. [But the pit] of a dry [date] does not combine. Therefore, the membrane of a dry [date] combines. But [the membrane] of a moist [date] does not combine. A pit, of which a portion protrudes, that which is opposite the food combines. A bone on which there is meat, that which is opposite the food combines. If [meat] was on one side [of the bone], R’ Yishmael says: We view it as if [the meat] surrounds [the bone] in a ring. But the Sages say: What is opposite the food combines, like wild rosemary, hyssop, and savory.

[Regarding] a pomegranate or watermelon a portion of which is rotten, [that portion] does not combine. [If the fruit is] complete on either side and rotten in the middle, it does not combine. The pitam of a pomegranate combines. But its neitz does not combine. R’ Eliezer says: Even the masreik is tahor.