Elberta

Variety of Peach · Prunus persica

Historic American classic: a large, yellow-fleshed freestone for eating and canning.

Also known as: Early Elberta

🇺🇸 USA 1875

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Large, round to oval fruit, golden-yellow with a red cheek; firm, juicy yellow flesh, freestone.

Vigorous, hardy tree; for over a century one of the most widely grown peaches worldwide.

High, reliable yields; long the leading cultivar of US production.

Self-fertile; ancestor of countless later cultivars.

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