Emblements belong to the party who cultivated them, typically the

• A. Landlord
• B. Tenant who cultivated them
• C. Government
• D. Neighbor

Answer: (B)

Emblements are crops that are produced by a tenant’s yearly labor and cultivation. Because they come from the tenant’s effort and investment, the emblements belong to the person who planted them—the tenant—even though the land itself may be owned by someone else. This arrangement protects the tenant’s rights to benefit from the crops they’ve cultivated. When tenancy ends, the tenant generally has the right to harvest the emblements they planted, rather than the landlord owning them by default. Neighbors or the government don’t claim these crops just because they sit on someone else’s land.