William Prince (November 10, 1766,

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- April 9, 1842, Flushing) was a

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Biography

He was the son of horticulturist William Prince (c.1725-1802). His father's interest in horticulture was commercial: he devoted his attention to servicing a growing market for plants rather than to scientific research of interest to botanists. This article is on the elder William Prince. In 1793 the younger William Prince bought of land and extended the nurseries of his father in Flushing, renaming them the

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, and systematized the nomenclature of the best-known fruits, such as the

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and the

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. He introduced the Isabella grape to United States viticulture, for which it was long one of the mainstays. The

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named the “William Prince” apple in his honor. He was a member of the horticultural societies of London and Paris, of the Imperial Society of Georgofili of

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, and of the principal societies in the United States The meeting of horticulturists in 1823, at which

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delivered an address, was held at his residence. To advertise his nursery, he published ''A Short Treatise on Horticulture'', the first comprehensive book that was written in the United States upon this subject (New York, 1828).

Family

He married Mary Stratton. Their son

William Robert Prince William Robert Prince (November 6, 1795 in Flushing, Long Island – March 28, 1869 in Flushing) was a United States horticulture pioneer. Biography He was the son of horticulturist William Prince and Mary Stratton. He was educated at Jamaica Aca ...

carried on his father's work, and father and son cooperated on at least two publications.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, William 1766 births 1842 deaths American horticulturists Businesspeople from New York City