Background
He was born on November 10, 1766, in Flushing, Long Island, New York, United States. He was one of thirteen children born to William Prince and Ann Thorne.
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A Short Treatise on Horticulture
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William Prince
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There is no information about his education.
Career
In 1793, before the death of his father, he bought a tract of land adjoining his father's nurseries and on part of this new ground established the Linnaean Botanic Garden and Nurseries. At about the same time his brother Benjamin took over the original small nursery, which he continued as The Old American Nursery. Some years later, when The Old American Nursery was no longer in production and a considerable portion of the land had been sold for building lots, William bought what remained of the original establishment. He continued to import and introduce many varieties of fruits and ornamentals and in return exported many plants and trees from the United States to Europe. In 1816, he named and shortly afterward introduced the Isabella grape, the Catawba.
His Linnaean Botanic Garden and Nurseries contained more than a hundred species of Australian plants, among which were two Eucalyptus and several Banksias. In 1828, the nurseries covered an extent of thirty acres, the collection of roses occupying an acre and including more than 600 different kinds. In 1828, he published A Short Treatise on Horticulture.
Two years later, with the aid of his son, William Robert Prince, he published A Treatise on the Vine (1830), and in 1831 he collaborated with his son in the production of The Pomological Manual.
About 1835, he turned his nursery business over to his sons, but before his death his Botanic Garden and Nurseries had passed, through mortgage and foreclosure, into the hands of his brother-in-law, Gabriel Winter. The situation provoked a bitter controversy, in the course of which an attack by Winter was published in Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture (April 1842). To this attack one of Prince's sons attributed the stroke of apoplexy that caused his father's death at Flushing.
Achievements
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William Prince brought many varieties of fruits into the United States, sent many trees and plants to Europe, and systematized the nomenclature of the best-known fruits, such as the Bartlett pear and the Isabella grape. He introduced the Isabella grape to United States viticulture, for which it was long one of the mainstays. He also was the author of such works as A Short Treatise on Horticulture, where he gave brief remarks on the culture of fruit trees and described many fruit varieties. It was the first comprehensive book that was written in the United States upon this subject. The London Horticultural Society named the “William Prince” apple in his honor.
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The Pomological Manual: Or, a Treatise on Fruits; Containing Descriptions of a Great Number of the Most Valuable Varieties for the Orchard and Garden
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A Short Treatise on Horticulture
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The Pomological Manual: Or, a Treatise on Fruits; Containing Descriptions of a Great Number of the Most Valuable Varieties for the Orchard and Garden
Membership
Prince was a member or honorary member of many horticultural societies in America and Europe, including the New York Horticultural Society, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the Linn'an Society of Paris, the Imperial Society of the Georgofili at Florence, Italy.
Personality
He was a friendly man, well liked by his neighbors.
Connections
William Prince married Mary Stratton and had four children.
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Born
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April 9, 1842 (aged 76) -
Nationality
American