"of the fruit of the tree": to include the fruit of the oak.
I might think to include the carobs of acacia and those of tzalmona and giduda, which are not eaten; it is, therefore, written "of the fruit of the tree," and not "all of the fruit of the tree."
Whence is it derived that one tithes what he eats? From ("Tithe …) and you shall eat."
I might think, (that it is tithed) even if it has not been completely processed (for eating); it is, therefore, written (Bamidbar 18:27) "as corn from the threshing floor and as the fullness (i.e., ripeness) of the pit."