Ripe red or yellow cherries are twisted off the bush and dropped into wicker baskets.

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This svelte car, painted the deep mauve of a ripe red apple, mesmerizes.

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Others say that ripe red tomatoes are the key ingredient.

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Lush cherryishness (not a word, I know, but that was the feeling), with a plush velvety palate and deep ripe red fruit notes followed with a clean, fresh finish.

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It was a superb collection with several gowns that are ripe for the Oscars red carpet picking.

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The ruby red, teardrop-shape Hachiya is unpalatable if it's anything but dead ripe.

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