Peachs · USDA pomological watercolour
Elberta Peach
The Elberta peach was raised by Samuel H. Rumph of Marshallville, Georgia, around 1870 from a seedling of Chinese Cling, and named for his wife, Clara Elberta. A large, firm, yellow freestone that shipped well by rail, it became the dominant commercial peach of the United States for decades. Its importance to the peach industry is why it recurs so often in the USDA collection.
| Cultivar | Elberta |
|---|---|
| Species | Prunus persica |
| Common fruit | Peach |
| Painted | 1840–1875 |
| Artist(s) | Steadman, Royal Charles b., Schutt, Ellen Isham, Newton, Amanda Almira, Passmore, Deborah Griscom |
| Specimen origin | Georgia, Peach, Fort Valley; Arkansas, Sevier, De Queen; Canada, Clinton; Delaware, Sussex, Milford |
| Collection | USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection |
| Plates | 34 |
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Public domain via the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Plate ids: POM00005227, POM00005228, POM00005229, POM00005230, POM00005231, POM00005232, POM00005233, POM00005234, POM00005235, POM00005236, POM00005782, POM00005786, POM00005828, POM00005997, POM00006001, POM00006005, POM00006007, POM00006011, POM00006048, POM00006049, POM00006053, POM00006062, POM00006111, POM00006112, POM00006118, POM00006123, POM00006126, POM00006158, POM00006162, POM00006163, POM00006167, POM00006168, POM00006169, POM00006172.
