ripening

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Ripening blossoms fade to rose and deep wine.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2023

Ripening hedge fruits include sloes, hips and haws; it has been a splendid year for acorns, and among the myriad autumn fungi, look out for ceps, or penny-buns as they are sometimes known.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2020

That day, the slender volume was “The Ripening Seed,” a coming-of-age story set in Brittany.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019

Ripening more every day, tomatoes and sweet corn are on the way to the market, Leonard said with a smile Wednesday afternoon.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2019

The Moon of Ripening Berries, or June, was a hot month.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III