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Fruit from orchard's first row (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orange

'fruit' is the definition.
(orange is a kind of fruit)

'orchard's first row' is the wordplay.
'first' suggests taking the first letters.
'row' becomes 'range' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'orchard' is 'o'.
'o'+'range'='ORANGE'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orange that I've seen before include "Loyalist colour" , "Go near (anag) - fruit" , "Name of reigning house of the Netherlands" , "Mandarin?" , "Order colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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