PEOPLE TEND to be nostalgic about peach varieties, but the switch of varieties grown by a region happens for a good reason. If one looks at the many peach varieties that were once common in the upper Midwest, it is largely a list of unfamiliar names like St. Johns, Crosby, and Smock.Even Elberta, the most widely planted variety in the late 1800s and early 1900s, is becoming harder to find. When Elberta was introduced, it was a great improvement over older varieties due to its good size and firmness that could hold up during picking,shipping and selling. Riding on the popularity of Elberta were many close and not-so-close relatives such as Faye Elberta and Early Elberta. But by today's standards, Elberta is a fuzzy, green-tinged peach that U. P. Hendrick noted in the Peaches of New York "is scarcely edible by those who know good peaches."
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机译：人们倾向于怀念桃子品种，但是一个地区种植的品种发生转变的原因很充分。如果人们看一下中西部上层曾经很常见的许多桃子品种，那很大程度上是一堆不熟悉的名字，例如圣约翰斯，克罗斯比和斯莫克。甚至艾伯塔省，也是1800年代末至1900年代种植最广泛的品种，变得越来越难找到。引入艾伯塔（Elberta）时，由于其良好的尺寸和牢固度，可以在拣配，运输和销售过程中保持稳定，因此比旧品种有了很大的改进。埃尔伯塔（Elberta）受欢迎的原因是有很多近亲和近亲，例如Faye Elberta和Early Elberta。但是按照今天的标准，埃尔伯塔是一种模糊的，带绿色的桃子，亨德里克（U. P. Hendrick）在《纽约桃子》中指出，“桃子几乎不被熟桃子食用。”
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