sycamore 13.67 meters circumference

The earliest records of the Bloodgood name associated with nurseries relate to 1798 in Flushing (now Queens) New York. Flushing was religiously tolerant and became predominately Quaker with a large African population. French Huguenots immigrated to the area in the18th century, bringing knowledge of horticulture with them. Flushing became known for its various nurseries. 

Large farms began to grow plants commercially. Among the names recorded were Prince, Bloodgood (1798), Higgins, Kimbers and Parsons families. Members of the King and Murray families purchased the Bloodgood Nursery in the 1830’s and moved it to land next to their Kingsland estate.

Although rumored that Benjamin Franklin visited and swapped seeds with the Bloodgood Nurseries, no proof of this visit was found. President George Washington recorded in his diary a visit to the Prince Nurseries on October 10, 1789. He was not impressed, but did purchase fruit from the trees.

 In the same article in Newsday.com about the history of Flushing, there is a mention of Bloodgood Nursery being there in 1838.

In the History of Long Island, the following quote was found. 

“The old Bloodgood nursery now owned and conducted by Wilcomb and King, has long been in high reputation, and is only inferior in quantity and variety to the Linnaean Garden.” John Warner Willcomb, who was born in Massachusetts in 1793 and moved to Flushing “lost the business by defalcation of his New York agent.”

We are unable to maintain the lineage of Bloodgood Nursery until mention of a more current name of Keene and Foulk. They were owners of Bloodgood Nursery of Flushing, as shown in a report of Entomologists in 1894 regarding the San Jose Scale. Apparently Bloodgood nursery stock had this scale infestation and was forced to destroy much of their stock as a result.

The company became became Foulk and Flemmer and moved to Flemington, New Jersey.
https://horshamhistory.org/bloodgood-nurseries

https://horshamhistory.org/bloodgood-nurseries

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Bloodgood planetree (Platanus × acerifolia 'Bloodgood')

Description: 


Bloodgood planetree, a selection of the tough London planetree that is widely planted in urban areas, is a large shade tree with a broad open crown and bark that exfoliates to reveal patches that may be creamy white, yellow, or olive-colored. The signature ornamental feature of this huge tree is its brown bark, which exfoliates in irregular pieces to reveal creamy white inner bark. 'Bloodgood' has dark green foliage and is reported to have some resistance to the problematic anthracnose disease of sycamores.

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"The Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792, started the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called the New York Stock Exchange.

 This agreement was signed by 24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street New York under a buttonwood tree. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonwood_Agreement


Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, occidental plane, and buttonwood, is one of the species of Platanus native to North America.

 In 1770, at Point Pleasant, Virginia (now in West Virginia) near the junction of the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, George Washington recorded in his journal a sycamore measuring 13.67 m (44 ft 10 in) in circumference at 91 cm (3 ft) from the ground.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_occidentalis

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Flushing was the site of the first commercial tree nurseries in North America, the most prominent being the Prince, Bloodgood, and Parsons nurseries. Much of the northern section of Kissena Park, former site of the Parsons nursery, still contains a wide variety of exotic trees. 

The naming of streets intersecting Kissena Boulevard on its way toward Kissena Park celebrates this fact (Ash Avenue, Beech, Cherry ...Poplar, Quince, Rose). 

Flushing also supplied trees to the Greensward project, now known as Central Park in Manhattan.