Closer to maturity

• Closer to its prime
• More yellow, but not yet brown, say
• More auspicious
• More ready, in a way
• Not as green, perhaps
• More mellow
• Less green, perhaps
• Not so callow
• Tear wrapping from éclair that’s readier to eat

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: ripe )