| Most ready |
| Most mature |
| Most mellow |
| Least green |
| Most pickable |
| Most developed |
| Most pluckable |
| Most opportune |
| Most red, maybe |
| Pick of the crop |
| Best for picking |
| Best to pick, say |
| Nearest to rotten |
| Least green, maybe |
| At maximal maturity |
| Readiest for picking |
| Most edible, in a way |
| Least green, as fruit |
| Most ready for picking |
| Most ready for plucking |
| Most ready to be picked |
| At the peak of maturity |
| At the highest development |
| At the peak of development |
| Best for consumption, perhaps |
| Most likely to fall from a tree |
| At the peak of maturity, as an apple |
| Like fruit that's most ready for picking |