Hanging fruits are considered part of the land.

Explanation

Ungathered crops growing upon the land belong to the landowner — once severed, they become personal property.

Where this applies

• A buyer purchases a ten-acre orchard, and the seller tries to return the next week to harvest the ripe apples still on the trees — the unharvested fruit belongs to the new landowner because hanging fruits are part of the land.
• A tenant's lease expires while tomatoes are still ripening on vines planted in the landlord's soil — the ungathered crop belongs to the landowner, not the departing tenant, because unsevered produce is considered part of the land.
• A property is sold at a tax auction in September with a field of unpicked corn — the new owner takes the standing crop along with the land, because unharvested produce growing on the soil belongs to whoever owns the soil.

See also

• 5.2.5 Whatever is planted in the soil belongs to the soil.
• 5.2.6 Whatever is built upon the soil belongs to the soil.