Historical clue formulations

• Maturity approaching — 2026-08-20
• More mature — 2025-04-13
• ___ years (old age) — 2023-11-12
• Like a yellow banana vis-à-vis a green one — 2023-08-28
• Less green, as a banana — 2023-08-16
• More mature — 2023-06-14
• More yellow, but not yet brown, say — 2020-04-19
• Less green, say — 2020-01-26
• Tenderer, maybe — 2019-09-21
• Less green, perhaps — 2019-06-19
• Relatively ready — 2012-09-14
• More red, as a tomato — 2011-02-01
• More mature — 2010-03-07
• More red, maybe — 2009-02-05
• More red, maybe — 2008-08-14
• Not as green — 2005-03-04
• Redder, as a tomato — 2005-01-11
• More aged — 2004-12-18
• Closer to its prime — 2004-01-04
• More fully developed — 2001-07-21
• More suitable — 2001-02-18
• More ready — 2000-02-19
• Not so green — 2000-02-08
• Less green — 1999-11-29
• More mellow — 1997-07-25
• Closer to maturity — 1996-03-10
• Not so green — 1995-09-16
• Less green — 1995-08-27
• Redder, perhaps — 1994-01-22