- RIPENS
- Ages
- Sweetens, perhaps
- Yellows, bananawise
- Matures
- Turns edible
- Prepares to be picked
- Comes of age, so to speak
- Nears the harvesting stage
- Reaches perfection
- Turns red, perhaps
- Approaches perfection
- Approaches maturity
- Attains maturity
- Becomes edible
- Goes green, perhaps
- Prepares.
- Becomes mature.
- Becomes ready.
- Develops.
- Ages, as cheese
- Comes to maturity
- Comes to fruition
- Cures, as cheese
- Mellows
- Becomes ready for plucking
- Changes color, maybe
- Gets juicier, say
- Gets redder, say
- Becomes less green, say
- Gets ready to eat?
- Matures on the vine
- Ages, like fruit
- Becomes fit to eat
- Matures, as an orange
- Becomes ready to eat
- Approaches harvest
- Reaches fruition
- Matures, as cheese
- Matures in a grove, say
- Matures in a grove
- Changes from green to red, perhaps
- Gets sweeter, say
- Goes from green to red, perhaps
