No. 3. 



Blossom. 



97 



BLOSSOM. 



The property of Samuel Canby, Esq., of Woodside, Delaware. 



Pedigree— BLOSSOM, roan, calved in 1835; bred by C. H. Hall, Esq., of New York; got by Fox's Regent, 

 dam Leonora, (a great and constant milker, imported by Alderman Ferris of New York), by a son of Lancaster ; 

 g. d. out of Elvira, by Young Phenomenon, and ho by Favourite. Fox's Regent, (i=ire of Blossom, bred by C. H. 

 Hall), was got by Imported Regent, dam Snowdrop, got in England by Fitz Favourite, and the first heifer drop- 

 ped in America, by Blanche, a great milker, presented by Admiral Sir Isaac Colfin to Mr. Hall. 



This remarkable animal (remarkable for her breeding as for her milking) is a beautiful 

 roan, with a countenance the most gentle that can be conceived. Her capacity for deep 

 milking is observable in the peculiar formation of the udder, and prominent milk-vein, her 

 quiet and peaceable disposition tending greatly to the secretion of that flow of milk, which 

 has never ceased since the day of her first calving, which was on the 5th of April, 1838. 

 On the 4th of July she brought twins, Liberty and Independence, and on the 16th of May, 

 1840, she had twins the second time ! These were named Romeo and Juliet. Thus has 

 this wonderful animal brought forth Jive living calves in the space of twenty-five months ! 

 Her milk has averaged twenty quarts per day during the whole of this time, and with her 

 first calf she gave twenty-five quarts per day, making nearly twelve pounds of butter per 

 week. Such constant draining has justly been considered unfavourable to health and 

 bodily strength, and for this reason she has never carried much flesh ; but it has been found 

 impossible to dry her milk, even for a few days, before calving, although she has been kept 

 from grass for that purpose: her condition, however, is generally good, and she shows great 

 vigour and sprightliness. She is again in calf, by the imported bull Washington Irving, 

 and her time is calculated for the month of March. Her first calf, Delaware, took the first 

 premium at the late exhibition of the Delaware State Agricultural Society, held at Wil- 

 mington, as " the best animal raised in the county." 



But it is a singular circumstance, that her last twins, Romeo and Juliet, are white, 

 although her own colour is roan, and that is also the colour of the bull ! This shows that she 

 is breeding back, being herself descended from Comet, 155(1,000 guineas), who was white. 



Here follows an account of Blossom's yield of milk for one week : 



June 13, 12 quarts Ill Hi 



14, 

 15, 

 16, , 

 17, 



18, 

 19, 



12i 



12i , 



12i 



12i 



13 



13i, 



11 . 



12- 



iii' 



12 

 Hi 



11 



Hi . 



11 



11 



Hi 



11 



TOTAL. 

 .. 34i 



. . 341 

 ,. 35 

 .. 36 

 .. 35 

 .. 361 

 .. 36 



Total 347^ 



Being on an average over thirty-five quarts per day, yielding 13^ lbs. of well-worked but- 

 ter, one month from the time of her calving. 



