Asian pear tree named `Asio 1`

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Asian Pear, botanically known as Pyrus pyrifolia is provided. The new cultivar forms early-ripening medium to large substantially round fruit having a pleasant and refreshing semi-sweet mild flavor. The fruit coloration is bright yellow with prominent tan lenticels. The tree is large and exhibits a vigorous well-branched and spreading growth habit. The leaves are medium green in coloration with moderate venation. Picking of the early-ripening fruit commonly can begin during late August at Coopersburg, Pa., U.S.A. Substantial and consistent fruit crops are formed.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar as Asian Pear, substantially as illustrated and described, which: (a) forms early-ripening mild-flavored substantially round fruit that is yellow with prominent tan lenticels that matures approximately two weeks prior to the `Twentieth Century` cultivar,   (b) forms a large tree having a vigorous well-branched and spreading growth habit, and