Genus Malus Origin France, 1979 Rank Cultivar | Species Malus domestica Higher classification Apple | |
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Hybrid parentage 'Grifer' ('Blushing Golden') × 'Golden Delicious' Scientific name Malus domestica 'Tentation' Similar Apples, Delbard Jubilée, Golden Delicious, Ariane, Reinette du Canada | ||
Tentation® delblush is a new commercial apple 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.
New Zealand is the sole southern hemisphere grower of Tentation, providing fruit domestically and to the northern hemisphere 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.
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