well-matured

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Reason: the here-and-now U.S. economy has nearly as many soft spots as a well-matured cantaloupe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Select the strong, well-matured, young shoots at sufficient distance apart to allow a free circulation of air and cut back to one and one-half to two feet, leaving from four to five canes.

From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various

By Cuttings of Single Eyes.—This mode of propagation is by cutting the ripened young branches into short lengths, each containing one well-matured bud or eye, with a short portion of the stem above and below.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

If this is lacking, successful marriage is seldom achieved, and for one who has gained this trait to be tied to a spouse who cannot attain it is tragic for the well-matured person.

From The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book by Bigelow, William F. (William Frederick)

It is not apparent that any of my well-matured plans even promised success.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay