Elberta

[ el-bur-tuh ]

/ ɛlˈbɜr tə /

Save This Word!

noun

a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of Elberta

1925–30, Americanism; said to be after Elberta Rumph, wife of a 19th-cent. Georgia grower

Words nearby Elberta

Elbasan, Elbe, Elberfeld, Elbe River, Elbert, Elberta, Elbląg, elbow, elbow-bender, elbow bump, elbow catch

How to use Elberta in a sentence

Elberta was placed on the American Pomological Society's fruit-list in 1889.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick
Elberta leads all other peaches in number of trees in New York and in America.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick
Would that there were as good a commercial variety to follow Elberta.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick
The tree, as it grows here, can hardly be distinguished from that of Elberta.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick

A variety, thought to have originated in Michigan, which ripens just before Elberta.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick