Elberta

[ el-bur-tuh ]

/ ɛlˈbɜr tə /

a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.

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

Elberta is supposed to have been one of the parents while the other may have been a peach of the Indian type.
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Attention is called to the fact that the June Elberta in the hands of some growers is Arp.
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On the Station grounds the fruit ripens with Elberta and just after it.
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The fruit resembles that of Elberta but is larger and of better quality; season early July.
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As grown at this Station, however, it does not closely resemble Elberta in shape nor is it equal to that variety in quality.
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