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Tunis I found only 3 Tunis fleeces in the entire Maryland Sheep & Wool festival....maybe I overlooked some, but I even asked the organizers of the fleece competition and sale if there were more and they came up empty handed. So they aren't that common, at least on the east coast. The Tunis sheep are recognized by their red faces and legs and creamy white fiber. They originated when the fat tailed sheep of Asia (great felting fleece) were crossed with European breeds. They first came to the US as a gift from the prince of Tunisia (hence the name) to a Pennsylvanian (I believe in the late 1700s). Much yellower of a white than a Cormo white or even than most of the Border Leceister and Blue Faced Leceister fleeces I buy for locks, this fleece has average amount of lanolin. Shown below is a lock of a typical fleece as well as one of the animals.
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