Talk:low-hanging fruit

Early uses

One metaphorical, one literal:

• The low-hanging fruit of Mr. Du Maurier's bountiful orchard is to be desired to make wise the daughters of Eve, but this Eve has no occasion to rob it. p 80 https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/pryor/pryor.html (reported in https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=55533&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=low-hanging-fruit-the-history)
• Adam Bede https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Adam_Bede/Chapter_XX

Rich Farmbrough, 14:46, 11 January 2023 (UTC).