Tentation

Tentation delblush is a commercial apple variety (also known as Delblush) that was created in France^[1] in 1979 by Georges Delbard as the result of a crossing of Grifer (Blushing Golden) × Golden Delicious.^[2]

Tentation
Genus	Malus
Species	Malus domestica
Hybrid parentage	'Grifer' ('Blushing Golden') × 'Golden Delicious'
Cultivar	Tentation
Origin	France, 1979

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.^[3]