Early Asian (?) pear ID request

I grafted this several years ago to an existing European pear. I have some vague memory that it was an Asian pear, but the tag has long since disappeared to critters or weather. Can anyone make a guess what it is? Ripe off the tree today (8/15) in SE PA. Somewhat bitter skin, mild pear flavored flesh.

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If it really is an Asian pear, then it sort of resembles my Shin Li. Mine are a few weeks away from ripening though. How do the leaves look? Most Asian pears I’m growing have leaves that look significantly different from European pears.

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It may have been early. I turned it upwards and it detached easily.

Here are some pics of my Shin Li currently. Not quite the same mottling that yours have, and they are still very unripe.

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That seems right. Only some were ripe, it turned out. I didn’t spray or anything, so they got a bit sooty looking.

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