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Name
  
Franz Goeschke


Died
  
1912

Franz Goeschke Bunte Geholze 1900 German Edition Franz Goeschke 9781168035936

Franz Goeschke (German spelling, Göschke); (1844 – 1912) was a German horticulturist who was director of horticulture and head of the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau. His father, Gottlieb Göschke (1818-1898), was also a noted horticulturalist.

Franz Goeschke Bunte Gehlze German Edition Franz Goeschke 9781149029077

Franz Göschke was a leading authority of strawberry cultivation. He is credited with creating around thirty new varieties of strawberry, including the once popular Erdbeere Königin Luise (Queen Luise strawberry), a variety he first introduced in 1905.

Selected publications

  • Die rationelle Spargelzucht (Rational asparagus cultivation), 1882.
  • Die Haselnuss, ihre Arten und ihre Kultur (Hazelnuts, types and cultivars), 1885.
  • Das Buch der Erdbeeren (The book of strawberries), 2nd edition 1888.
  • Der Hausgarten auf dem Lande (The garden in the countryside), 1899.
  • Einfassungspflanzen (Edging plants), 1900.
  • Einträgliche Spargelzucht (Lucrative asparagus cultivation), 1904.
  • The hazel, 1922; English translation of works by Göschke and Karl Koch.

    • References

    Franz Goeschke Wikipedia
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