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½ inch long 1½ inches wide abaxile abrupt acuminate acute adherent apex apples apricot aromatic astringent base berries blush calyx calyx-tube carpels cherry clusters coarse color compressed conical cultivated dark red dots numerous drupelets drupes dull Elberta firm flattened flavor flesh white flesh yellow Flowers midseason Fruit early Fruit late Fruit midseason furrowed glabrous glandless glands globose grapes green greenish-yellow grown hardy inches in diameter juicy Labrusca leathery Leaves lenticels lobes margin finely serrate medium to large mottled narrow nectarine obovate obtuse orchard oval ovate peach pear pedicel petiolar sinus petiole ½ inch phylloxera planted plump plums pomologists productive pubescent pulp reniform riety ripens round-oval russet season seedling seeds short skin thick skin thin slender smooth sometimes species sprightly stamens median stem stone clinging stone free subacid surfaces suture shallow sweet symmetrical tender and melting thin bloom Tree large Tree vigorous upright upright-spreading usually variable variety