Tentation delblush is a commercial
apple
An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...
variety (also known as Delblush) that was created in France
in 1979 by Georges
Delbard Delbard is a plant nursery in France known for breeding disease resistant apple and various roses.
History
Delbard Nursery was founded by and named after George Delbard, who was breeding fruit trees more than seventy years ago, at his family farm ...
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 'Gri ...
.
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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