pyriform

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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

Core pyriform, regular, slightly open, clasping; Seeds large, plump; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, rich, agreeable; Quality almost best; Use, table; Season, December to April.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

Involucral leaves 2 or 4, like the cauline; perianth pyriform, becoming cylindric, incurved, abruptly rounded at the summit, the minute orifice prominently ciliolate.

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 large, pyriform, regular, clasping, generally open; Seeds numerous, plump, angular, loose; Flesh yellow, breaking, juicy; Flavor acid to sub-acid, rather rich; Quality good for culinary use; Market and drying; Season, November, December.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

The eggs are two or four, abruptly pyriform in shape.

From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5 November 1897 by Various