[2] In 1793 the younger William Prince bought 80 acres (32 ha) of land and extended the nurseries of his father in Flushing, renaming them the Linnaean Botanic Garden.
He 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.
[1] The London Horticultural Society named the “William Prince” apple in his honor.
To advertise his nursery,[1] he published A Short Treatise on Horticulture, the first comprehensive book that was written in the United States upon this subject (New York, 1828).