History

Discovered

UCR’s CRC 3831 profile and Hodgson (1967) report that Alec Barnes discovered Shambar in 1936 as a Marsh limb sport in Corona. Da Graça et al. (2004) also identify Marsh in the article body, while the abstract identifies Thompson Pink. These sources conflict on the reported sport parent; the account does not resolve that identity.

• Alec BarnesDiscoverer

  Hodgson (1967), Chapter 4, reports that Alec Barnes discovered Shambar in 1936 as a Marsh limb sport in Corona. Later accounts disagree about the reported sport parent; this credit records the attributed discovery, not resolution of that disagreement.

• Chace BrothersOther

  Owner of the Corona orchard in which the Shambar limb sport occurred.

Sources: ⁠[1]⁠[2]⁠[4]

Introduced

Hodgson (1967) reports commercial introduction in 1945 and little propagation. His description calls Shambar seedless and pink-fleshed, resembling Redblush, and reports slightly earlier maturity than Marsh or Redblush and somewhat better color and flavor than Redblush.

Sources: ⁠[4]

Other

UCR’s CRC 3831 profile reports receipt as budwood from Willits & Newcomb, Thermal, California, in 1965. It lists PI 539481 and VI 269. This is the collection accession’s receipt record, separate from accounts of the cultivar’s earlier origin.

• Willits & NewcombOther

  Source of Shambar budwood received by Riverside in 1965.

• UC Riverside Citrus Experiment StationOther

  UCR’s CRC 3831 profile records the accession and reports receipt as budwood from Willits & Newcomb in 1965.

Sources: ⁠[1]