Franz Goeschke Explained

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.^[1] 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),^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]}

References

• Strawberry Breeding and Industry on the European Continent

Notes and References

1. http://www.val-anhalt.de/rgkoethen/04goeschke.html Geschichte des Gartenbaus in Sachsen-Anhalt - Der Köthener Kunstgärtner Gottlieb Göschke
2. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Goeschke,Franz.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library
3. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Franz+G%C3%B6schke%22 Google Search