The pomegranates referred to [in the previous mishanyos, we had said the utensils would be tahor if they had a hole large enough for a pomegranate]

is three, one attached to the other (they are all attached to a single branch, making it more difficult for them to pass through a hole; others say this refers to the minimum size of the utensil that this rule applies to, that is a vessel that can hold three pomegranates attached to each other);

Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says

[the hole] in a sieve and a strainer

it must be sufficient that [the pomegranate would fall out when the vessel] is drawn and extended (i.e. when the sieve or sifter is shaken back and forth),

and by a basket

it must be sufficient that [the pomegranate would fall out when the vessel] is slung behind him.

And all other utensils

that cannot hold pomegranates,

such as the quarter[-kav measuring utensil],

and the eighth[-kav measuring utensil],

the small sifters,

their measure is [when] the majority of them [is punctured],

these are the words of Rabbi Meir;

Rabbi Shimon says

[their measure is holes] like an olive.

If they were broken (instead of having a hole in its bottom, this refers to when the hole is in its side)

their measure is in olives,

if they wore away [from the rim downward]

their measure is any amount (i.e., no matter how low the walls get, and no matter how shallow the vessel becomes, so long as their is some of the wall left, and their is some receptacle, it will remain tamei).

פרק יז משנה ה

The pomegranate referred to,

לא קטן ולא גדול

is neither small nor large,

but rather medium sized.

And in what context were pomegranates of Badan [which were larger] referred to?

That they will prohibit in the smallest amount (is such a pomegranate of orlah, which is forbidden, was mixed with others, the entire mixture is forbidden, no matter how great the ratio of forbidden to permitted fruit),

these are the words of Rabbi Meir;

Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri says

[it was referred to] to measure with them [the holes of utensils];

Rabbi Akiva says

it was referred to for this and for that,

to measure with them [the holes of utensils]

and that they will prohibit in the smallest amount;

Rabbi Yosi says

they did not refer to the pomegranates of Badan

and the leeks of Geva

except that they should be tithed as definitly requiring tithing

in any place (as the inhabitants of those areas would certainly not have tithed them).