Notice that the arrangement of these adjectives has no particular order or rationale each modifier might appear elsewhere in the series and and could be placed between them: The bursting and odiferous and overripe mangoes seeped onto the countertop. "Multiple adjectives modifying the same noun or pronoun are considered either coordinate or cumulative if coordinate, each adjective could modify the noun separately, so commas are used, as in any series: The overripe, bursting, odiferous mangoes seeped onto the countertop.
Punctuating a Series of Adjectives: Coordinate vs. (Amy Einsohn, The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, 2nd ed. But 'a long summer vacation' fails both tests ( X a long and summer vacation X a summer long vacation), and therefore these adjectives are not coordinate." The phrase 'a long restful vacation' passes both tests (a long and restful vacation a restful, long vacation), and therefore these adjectives are coordinate. A pair of adjectives is coordinate if (1) one can place and between the adjectives, or (2) one can reverse the order of the adjectives and still have a sensible phrase. "There are two 'tests' for determining whether a pair of adjectives is coordinate. Farther in the same direction as these houses there was Second Street, where in solid small brick rows lived the sexy girls, the buoyant, sassy, handsome daughters of factory workers and skilled tradesmen." "This patch of tall, knobby housing, with its spindly porches and narrow cemented passageways between the house walls through which people passed into their back yards, gave a hivelike impression of intense and contented population. 
"Timmy was no cute, dumb boy. He was a clever, conniving businessman.". Scott Fitzgerald, "The Cut-Glass Bowl." Scribner's Magazine, May 1920) "Out in the hall she heard a single loud, insistent voice, but as she reached the head of the stairs it ceased and an outer door banged.". (Linda Mintle, A Daughter's Journey Home. "The popular girls were the blonde, blue-eyed wealthy ones who lived on the beach and had suntans.". (Tim O'Brien, "The Things They Carried." Esquire, 1987) A warm, dense fog had settled over the paddies and there was the stillness that precedes rain."
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