Item of fruit came up hard? One gets soft (7)
I believe the answer is:
rosehip
'item of fruit' is the definition.
'rosehip' can be an answer for 'fruit' (fruit of a rose plant). I am unsure of the 'item of' bit.
'came up hard? one gets soft' is the wordplay.
'came up' becomes 'Rose' (I've seen this before).
'hard?' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano', soft).
'rose'+'h'+'i'+'p'='ROSEHIP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rosehip that I've seen before include "Fruit from flower providing syrup" , "Fruit on wild plant" , "Fruit of the brier" , "Hedgerow or garden fruit" , "Fruit of a popular flower" .)