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Yum, yum, yum. And they ARE huge. Just lovely, mrsg, thanks for sharing!
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Lets have some of your sweet wine with my peaches!
They look so nice and clean. Love your garden.
Thanks Mamuang!
How do they taste?
They are sweet, juicy and have that lingering taste. This is still one of my favorite peaches. They never disappoint me. Its a tried and true ‘old-fashioned’ peach. Makes great peach preserves too. I slice them fresh, and place the peach slice on pieces of fresh croissant. Now that is heaven.
Looking good! I wanted to try Redskin, Elberta is one of the parents.
Drew, I bought the ‘Early Crawford’ tree because it is a parent of Elberta. Its just a good, solid peach. Can’t wait until my other trees produce more fruit so I have a better comparison. I know there are many great peaches out there. I now have six different varieties.
I agree with Elbertas being a favorite. They represent the essence of everything luscious in peaches They ripen in the height of summer here - late June to early July when the sun is hot and strong, and rain is a memory from spring. That may be part of what makes their fragrantly sweet but tangy dripping juiciness all the more welcome for me.
Enjoy those Elbertas! I’ve got just over 9 months before having the possibility of tasting them again. You’ve gotten me starting the countdown in my head early. 
That’s a good number. I have three, I need to add a few more! I hope to via grafting. I have no more room for trees! I may have room in the future if I develop other property i own.
Muddy, I keep it because it is slow to rot and slow to ripen here. I never get any before the mid-Sept. but at least they are fairly blemish free and taste good.
I spend the season amazed at the differences in ripening times and even sometimes the sequence from area to area. I noticed the lovely green leaves in your pic. The leaves on my own are tired. They’ve had a long intense summer. They bloomed around the 2nd week of March and although there was sufficient rain during spring, they’ve been in water deficit most of the time since the beginning of June.
I would keep Elbertas no matter what time of the season they ripened. They are wonderful, versatile peaches. I’m vicariously enjoying yours while my senses are reliving their earlier enjoyment. 
Well, I have to enter another opinion into this Elberta love fest. In my region it’s so-so. Very furry, average sugar, sometimes some bitterness in the skin. But it’s not too prone to rot, especially for a late. and its greenish hue does not attract birds. Messina is a newer one in its season that I prefer as do the birds with it’s high red content in the skin (also a lot of it mixed with its deep orange flesh). Another I prefer is Harcrest- equally rot resistant and unattractive to birds (well almost- not as greenish as Elberta, but not much red either). Last year I cut down my Elberta to give the nearby Encore more space. Here, I’ve just picked the last of them- Elberta would have been over a week before.
However, if my purpose was to make preserves, I might feel differently. Harcrest is pretty hard to find these days but Elberta is still widely available. That probably says something.
Hi Mrsg47,
Your peaches are beautiful and big!
Thanks for the website you gave me, a few weeks back on how to can! I am now addicted to canning! LOL. Thanks so much! I harvested my Elberta’s at the end of July (Georgia girl) and I must say that Elberta is definitely a keeper. The taste is awesome-just the perfect amount of sweetness and acid. I harvested over 70 peaches from that tree and many more from the Hale haven and now I have peach jam and preserves for the next few months. I canned blueberries, apples, and recently just canned muscadines! Yes, with the cost of food ever increasing, I am going to put these canning skills to good use. Your yard looks so peaceful and serene. Are you going to can those peaches or just enjoy them right now?
Very nice looking peaches and yummy 
They stay this color and don’t turn red that much when they are ripe? What do they taste like?
My Elbertas were picked a bit early as the squirrels love them. I’m letting them finish ripening in the kitchen. Its not an exotic peach (that I prefer), but I can count on the fact that the peaches are large and taste good.
They turn more yellow.
Jam and pie are scheduled for the peaches. Am currently canning the plums! Wheww a lot to do!
Nice ones Mrs. G. You must have really thinned those hard to get such great size. I’ve found when peaches are thinned hard to achieve such good size, they also taste sweeter. I bet yours are delicious.
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