pyriform

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Core small, pyriform, regular, nearly closed; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh yellow, breaking, fine grained; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic; Quality good; Use, table and market; Season, October and November.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

Involucres sessile, obconic or pyriform, perforated at the apex, continuous with the thallus at base.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Core small, pyriform, regular, closed, clasping; Seeds plump, pointed; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor acid, rich; Quality very good; Use, table; Season, mid-winter.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

Where the egg is pyriform, the large end makes way for the smaller.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

The first has not been examined by the writer and is said to be smooth and short, pyriform, 10 centimeters in diameter.

From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various