Elberta is not highly colored, but it has good flavor, bears dependably, and is widely adapted—traits the helped it dominate the peach industry for nearly a century. Elberta, probably the most widely known peach variety ever, was the first large, firm, shippable peach that was yellow-fleshed, freestone, and melting. It had good flavor and was a dependable, heavy bearer. It was the peach that made Georgia the Peach State. But it was also widely adapted. So, Elberta peaches were in the market for many weeks, starting in mid-July (early in those days) from Georgia and later from South Carolina, Maryland, […]