Elberta Peach TreeElberta Peach Tree Americas Most Beloved Heirloom Peach If theres one peach that defined American home orchards for over a century, its the Elberta. Introduced in Georgia in the 1870s and named after the breeders wife, Elberta became the most widely planted peach in the United States and its still the benchmark by which all other peaches are measured. Large, golden yellow with a red blush, sweet and aromatic, with firm freestone flesh thats perfect