pyriform
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Core wide, pyriform, slightly open, clasping; Seeds numerous, pointed, angular, dark; Flesh yellowish white, firm, breaking, granular; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good; Use, kitchen; Season, January.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
Sporangia varying from globose to pyriform or turbinate, supported on a more or less elongated stipe.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Core small, pyriform, regular, closed, scarcely clasping; Seeds, some imperfect; Flesh greenish-yellow, fine grained; Flavor sub-acid, rich; Quality good to very good; Use dessert and kitchen; Season December.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
Sporangium obovoid or pyriform, yellow, stipitate; the wall a thin pellucid membrane, smooth and shining, beautifully iridescent, breaking away above the middle, the lower cup-shaped portion persistent.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
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
