F. Dick Apple Corer

Whole baked apples, apple rings and stuffed pears all start with a clean core, and this F. Dick corer takes it out in one push. The round cutting tube goes from stem to base and lifts the core and seeds away together.

Center the corer over the stem, push straight down through the fruit, then twist and pull it back out with the core inside. The fruit stays whole for baking or slicing into rings for drying. It also cores pears and hollows zucchini for stuffing.

Coring before baking lets the fruit hold butter and spices in the center, and cored apples cut into even rings for drying.

Peel the fruit first with the F. Dick micro serrated swivel peeler. For decorative melon and fruit balls, see the F. Dick double ended melon baller. A paring knife such as the F. Dick Premier Plus 3.5-inch paring knife trims any remaining seeds.