a fruit and vegetable coring system comprises a tube in the form of a cylinder exhibiting a cutting edge on one end and attachment to a handle at the other end . this cylindrical blade is used to make a cylindrical incision about the core of a fruit and potentially slice through the entire depth of the fruit . in certain cooking applications , it is desirable to remove the core of the fruit , and not slice through the entire depth of the fruit , but retain a floor below the core for the retention of cooking stuffs . to make provision for this application , some form of planar blade is made part of the interior of the cylinder in the proximity of the cylindrical blade for the purpose of shearing the fruit core and freeing it from the fruit upon rotation of the cylinder about its longitudinal axis once inserted in the fruit . an alternative to the planar blade is the inclusion of a wire blade attached across the diameter of the cylinder in the proximity of the cylindrical blade . the change in the inner diameter of the cylinder due to the interior taper of the cylinder associated with the blade is disclosed to be sufficient to compress the fruit core and thereby retain it in the cylinder for removal from the fruit . provision is made for standoff collars placed along the cylinder near the handle attachment to adjust the coring depth of the cutting . additionally , various alignment mechanisms are included in embodiments of the system to provide alignment of the coring cylinder with the core of the fruit .