The name Piriform?

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Does anyone know the origins of the company name and why it was chosen??

I'm guessing it's a play on the phrase "gone pear-shaped" or perhaps it's MrG's favourite fruit. :D

Richard S.

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Redhawk

Possibly !!!

piriform lobe

noun

pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon [syn: pyriform area]

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Just to confuse things there are some lovely tomatoes

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-7113-red-pear-piriform.aspx

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Just to confuse things there are some lovely tomatoes

http://www.johnnysee...r-piriform.aspx

They're charging that much for tomatoes? Good thing I can just go pick them right out of my garden, and for free.

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I'm guessing it's a play on the phrase "gone pear-shaped"

It's been asked before and yes it is ;)

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Its simple. From my understanding, the idea for the company logo, its like a form that resembles a pear so in this case its like a "peary-form" and just shorten that to Piriform. But whatever it is, we just like to use their products that's why we are here.

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Its simple. From my understanding, the idea for the company logo, its like a form that resembles a pear so in this case its like a "peary-form" and just shorten that to Piriform. But whatever it is, we just like to use their products that's why we are here.

Over thinking it a bit there I think. For the sake of clearing it up once and for all (again):

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=11215

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Just to confuse things there are some lovely tomatoes

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-7113-red-pear-piriform.aspx

Of course, that was very interesting that they do "pear shaped" tomatoes.

I see no reason for confusion, however, as pears are easily distinguishable from even the "pear shaped" tomatoes.

http://anormalday.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/pear-bartlett.jpg

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I see no reason for confusion, however, as pears are easily distinguishable from even the "pear shaped" tomatoes.

Good job you pointed it out that it's easy to spot the difference between a pear and a tomato or I would never have known :lol:

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:huh: I think I asked this same question many many moons ago :D

http://forum.pirifor...showtopic=11215 thanks JD :)

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Good job you pointed it out that it's easy to spot the difference between a pear and a tomato or I would never have known :lol:

Well, it's always good to make someone laugh! Haha!

A good laugh always makes people feel better. Heh heh heh! :P