Elberta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Elberta
1925–30, said to be after Elberta Rumph, wife of a 19th-cent. Georgia grower
Example Sentences
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Introduced by Samuel Henry Rumph in the 1870s, the Elberta became one of the most successful fruit varieties of all time.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023
The immigrant Berckmanses, along with genteel entrepreneurs like Samuel Rumph, selectively bred natural and imported peaches into the self-pollinating Elberta cultivar, Georgia’s best-known variety.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2021
Mrs. Solomon was born Elberta Crites in Tanner, W.Va., and moved to Washington in 1941.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2020
In 1995, they bought 3 acres of land in tiny Elberta, across a red-dirt road from fields of cotton and peanuts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2016
When the door was closed she turned quickly and literally ran back to the Elberta Inn.
From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Sampson, Emma Speed
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