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Elberta

[ el-bur-tuh ]

/ ɛlˈbɜr tə /

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noun

a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.

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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 bone, elbow bump

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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