first fruits

the earliest fruit of the season.

the first products or results of anything.

Origin of first fruits

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

The first-fruits are genna to the village until he eats, thus establishing an opposition between him and his co-villagers.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 |Various
I and my friend, the first-fruits of that bloud, You and your honourable Husband aim at?

The Little French Lawyer |Francis Beaumont
An offering of first-fruits was made in August; in November the winter store of nuts and apples was opened.

The Book of Hallowe'en |Ruth Edna Kelley
On January 1st be presented the first-fruits of the year in the shape of twenty-two of Grobler's burghers.

The Great Boer War |Arthur Conan Doyle

This is the first-fruits of a friendship I have established between two great men.

The Journal to Stella |Jonathan Swift

first fruits

the first results, products, or profits of an undertaking

fruit that ripens first