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Fig. 434. Single-Combed Buff 

 Orpington pullet ' 



is the result of the blending of all 

 these stocks. This variety was intro- 

 duced to the public in 1894. To-day 

 it is rated the most popular of English 

 varieties in the colonies, as well as in 

 the mother country. 



White Orpingtons (single- and rose- 

 comb). This variety was said by the 

 originator to have resulted from crosses 

 of White Leghorn, Black Hamburg, 

 Single-Comb White Dorking, and 

 Cuckoo Dorking. It was brought out 

 in 1 889. The appearance of the White 

 Orpington indicates White Cochin 

 blood as one of its important factors. 

 With the White Dorking this would 



produce the type more directly and more uniformly than the more 



complex crosses. As the 



variety was made just after 



the White Wyandotte and 



White Plymouth Rock in 



this country, these might 



easily have been used in the 



making of it. Indeed, with 



the two styles of comb the 



White Orpington, like the 



white varieties of the class 



in this country, made a place 



for any smooth-legged fowl, 



of the color desired, not 



readily referred to a previ- 

 ously existing breed. 



Diamond Jubilee Orping- 

 tons (single- and rose-comb) 



were brought out in 1897, 



the year of the Diamond 



Fig. 435. Single-Combed Buff Orpington 

 cock, a rugged type ^ 



1 Photograph from owner, Miss H. E. Hooker, South Hadley, Massachusetts. 

 ' Photograph from United States Department of Agriculture. 



