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He always speaks in a low voice, a voice that sounds like a September breeze rustling through a field of dry, half-ripened corn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plumbago.—These pretty evergreens will grow in any soil, and can be propagated in September by cuttings of half-ripened wood having a heal, planted in a sandy soil, and kept near the glass in a greenhouse.

From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred

Crotons are propagated readily by cuttings of half-ripened wood any time in winter or spring.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

A sycamore overhung the river and somebody had climbed out upon a small branch to reach a few half-ripened grapes growing on a vine that ran up the tree.

From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe

Cuttings of half-ripened wood root easily, making a rapid growth, the plants flowering in a few months.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)