General Information
Tentation was developed in 1990 by the famous Delbard nursery in France, and is a cross between Golden Delicious and Grifer.
Appearance and Flavor
The flavor has been described as “strong and deep” by some markets, but by the originators as “delicate”. Examples from the Southern Hemisphere are notable for their distinctive orange blush.
History
The Tentation delblush cultivar is a 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) and 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.
