Alwin Lorgus

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Memorial plaque for Alwin Lorgus at the house at Klosterweg 19 in Eisenach

Alwin Lorgus (born November 9, 1852 in Stralsund , † March 18, 1920 in Eisenach ) was a royal gardening inspector and pomologist . From 1905 he was the chairman of the German Pomologists Association and later for many years chairman of the successor association, the German Fruit Growing Society (DOG). In addition, he was a member of the Pomeranian Geographical Society of Greifswald and a member of the board of the Reich Association for German Horticulture.

Life

Around 1878 he took over his father's gardening and tree nursery . In 1890 Lorgus bought the house at Ossenreyerstrasse No. 41 in Stralsund, where he ran a seed shop. In 1902 he moved to Neustrelitz .

Lorgus was married and had a daughter and eight sons, of whom Gustav Adolf died in 1914 and the youngest son Heinrich in 1917 in the First World War .

The currant variety 'In memory of Lorgus' was named after him.

See also

literature

  • Instructions for increasing this year's harvests of berry bushes, sour cherries, etc. Recommendation d. Annex d. Elderberry and the processing of his berries , Central Purchasing Society, 1916
  • Abundant Potato Harvests: Practical Advice for Allotment Gardeners , Central Purchasing Society, 1916
  • Advice on growing sunflowers and poppies for oil production , Zentral -kaufgesllschaft, 1916

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://archive.org/stream/gartenfloramonat69rege/gartenfloramonat69rege_djvu.txt .
  2. ↑ The Garden World 1920 - Obituary for Alwin Lorgus. Retrieved May 19, 2010 .
  3. ^ Pomeranian Geographical Society of Greifswald 1905. Retrieved on June 19, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Stralsundwiki - Ossenreyerstraße. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 9, 2012 ; Retrieved May 19, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stralsundwiki.de

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SURNAME Lorgus, Alwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Garden inspector and chairman of the German Fruit Growing Society
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1920
Place of death Eisenach