Tentation delblush is a commercial
apple
An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...
variety (also known as Delblush) that was created in France
in 1979 by Georges
Delbard as the result of a
crossing of Grifer (Blushing Golden) ×
Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious is a cultivar of apple. It is one of the 15 most popular apple cultivars in the United States. It is not closely related to Red Delicious.
History
Golden Delicious arose from a chance seedling, possibly a hybrid of Grimes ...
.
New Zealand
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is the sole
southern hemisphere grower of Tentation, providing fruit domestically and to the
northern hemisphere
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from June to September. In the late 1990s, a selected group of New Zealand fruit growers started planting Tentation trees. It is also grown in the United Kingdom.
[Product label, ]Marks & Spencer
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, July 2010
References
External links
NZ marketing site
Delbard breeds
Apple cultivars
French apples
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