Apply comparision within group of rows to get one row per group

Question

I have a table ordered by fruit and date resulting from a join such as the following:

+--------+------------+
| fruit  | date       |
+--------+------------+
| apple  | 2002-02-02 |
| apple  | 2003-03-03 |
| banana | 2001-01-01 |
| banana | 2003-03-03 |
| banana | 2022-02-02 |
+--------+------------+

How do I extract the earliest date for each fruit? The result should be

+--------+------------+
| fruit  | date       |
+--------+------------+
| apple  | 2002-02-02 |
| banana | 2001-01-01 |
+--------+------------+