Asian pear tree named `Asio 4`

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Asian Pear, botanically known as Pyrus pyrifolia is provided. The new cultivar forms attractive late-season medium-sized ovate fruit having a light brown russet surface with prominent raised tan lenticels and a very sweet and rich flavor. The tree also exhibits a vigorous dense growth habit and is well branched. The leaves are medium green in coloration with pinnate finely-branched venation and an acuminate apex. The picking of the fruit commonly occurs during mid- to late-October at Coopersburg, Pa., U.S.A. Substantial and consistent fruit crops are formed.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of Asian Pear, substantially as illustrated and described, which: (a) forms attractive late-season medium-sized ovate fruit having a light brown russet surface with prominent tan lenticles and a very sweet and rich flavor,   (b) forms a large-sized tree having a well-branched, dense, and spreading growth habit, and   (c) forms generally elliptical medium-sized green leaves with pinnate venation and an acuminate apex.