Description
xThe classic freestone peach that built America's love of fresh peaches — golden, juicy, and sweet enough to eat over the sink.
The Elberta Peach (Prunus persica 'Early Elberta') traces back to a Georgia seedling raised in the 1870s and has been the benchmark home-orchard peach ever since. Its large, yellow-fleshed fruit blushes red over a gold skin, with a rich, honeyed sweetness balanced by just enough tang. Because the flesh pulls cleanly away from the pit, it is a true freestone — ideal for eating fresh, slicing into cobblers, canning, freezing, and putting up preserves.
Why growers choose the Elberta
- Heirloom flavor. Generations of bakers and canners chose Elberta for its full, aromatic sweetness — the taste most people picture when they imagine a ripe peach.
- Clean freestone fruit. The pit separates easily from the flesh, so slicing, canning, and freezing are quick and tidy.
- Self-fertile and dependable. A single tree sets a heavy crop on its own, making it a forgiving choice for a first fruit tree.
- Cold-tolerant range. Hardy in zones 5 through 8, it carries enough winter chill tolerance for much of the country.
- Generous, predictable harvest. Reliable spring bloom leads to a late-summer-into-September crop of full-size fruit.
At a mature 15 feet tall and 10 feet wide, the Elberta makes a productive backyard shade-and-fruit tree, and with summer pruning it can be kept compact along a sunny fence line or in a large patio container.
Shipping & Return
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