Sentence examples for only ripe from inspiring English sources

But there was a problem: truffles, which can take three years to grow, are only "ripe" in mid-winter.

"We've lost not only ripe veggies but whole plants and garden ornaments to these folks who want to take an easy way around growing their own.

In the last several years, however, Albania has made enormous strides in democracy and development — and revealed itself to be not only ripe for tourists, but affordable to boot.

It's easy enough to find thin, almost vegetal Sancerres, particularly in a year like 2007, when vignerons had to be vigilant in selecting only ripe and healthy grapes for their wines.

Both Pea and Zucchini seeds were purchased from Bazram Company and only ripe intact seeds without visible defects were selected.

So that makes the market not only ripe for disruption, but also extremely lucrative.

Choose fruit that is firm, only just ripe, and still very slightly sour.

The cabernet franc reds can have some of that quality, too: a racy feel that combines with red fruit that feels, in a good way, only just ripe.

It generally only eats ripe fruit, testing for ripeness by smelling, tasting and prodding the fruit.

Their defenders also claim that they are more discriminating than humans because they collect only the ripe fruit, which falls off the vines easily.

Mr. Cazottes, for example, makes a rich eau de vie from local varieties of cherry, as well as one from an ancient variety of greengage plum; a superb poire Williams using only the ripe flesh; and a distillation of 72 kinds of tomatoes.