Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Ripe

Ripe as the melting cluster.
—John Gay

Ripe as June.
—Thomas Hood

As ripe and rosy … as a mellow little pippin that had tumbled in the weeds.
—James Whitcomb Riley

Ripe as the wine.
—Richard H. Stoddard