Asian pear tree named `Asio 2`

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Asian Pear, botanically known as Pyrus pyrifolia is provided. The new cultivar forms attractive large to extra large substantially round fruit having a golden brown russet surface with prominent lenticels and a distinctive rich sweet flavor. The tree is large and exhibits a vigorous well-branched and spreading growth habit. The leaves are dark green in coloration with pinnate moderately-branched venation. Picking of the fruit commonly can begin during mid-September 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 early mid-season large to extra large substantially round fruit having a golden brown russet surface with prominent lenticels and a rich sweet flavor,   (b) forms a large tree having a vigorous well-branched and spreading growth habit, and   (c) forms generally elliptical dark green leaves with moderate venation.