Franz Goeschke

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Franz Goeschke (also: Göschke; * December 3, 1844 in Köthen ; † June 19, 1912 Bad Kissingen ) was a German botanist and employee of the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau . Among other things, like his father Gottlieb Göschke , he was a breeder of various strawberry varieties . The best known was the strawberry variety "Queen Luise" developed by him in 1905, which was cultivated in German gardens and beyond in the first half of the 20th century.

Career

Franz Goeschke was born in 1844 as the first of nine descendants of the Köthen art gardener Gottlieb Göschke (1818–1898), a pioneer of strawberry cultivation in Germany.

Franz Goeschke became horticultural director at the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau in May 1874 . He bred several different types of strawberries; he named the most successful after the Prussian Queen Luise . Among other things, he dealt with asparagus cultivation, hazelnuts, ornamental plants and dendrology and published numerous specialist books and articles on these topics. Goeschke was one of the regular authors of the horticultural journal " Gartenflora " founded by Eduard August von Regel .

In 1890 Goeschke was promoted from head gardener to gardening inspector

Overall, Franz Goeschke worked for at least 29 years, from 1874 to at least 1903, at the Pomological Institute Proskau.

He is also said to have been its director for a time, but statements by his contemporaries speak against this, according to which Gustav Stoll initially headed this institute from 1868 to 1892 , then his son Rudolf Stoll, then the economist Otto Schindler and finally, from 1922, Heinrich Zeininger , the last royal court garden director in Prussia.

Franz Goeschke died in 1912 at the age of 68.

Publications

  • The rational asparagus farming. 1882.
  • The hazelnut, its types and its culture. 1885.
  • The book of strawberries, practical instructions for their cultivation in the open country as well as for floating in boxes and houses with description of the species and varieties. 2nd edition 1888.
  • A selection of double-flowered tuberous begonias. In: Garden flora. 37th year, 1888, p. 256, https://archive.org/details/gartenflorazeit371888berl/page/256 .
  • Catechism of carpentry. M. Hesse, 1890, 163 pages.
  • The 1st Silesian Winter Horticultural Exhibition in Liegnitz from 22. – 25. February 1890. In: Garden flora. 39th year 1890, p. 153, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002325360/page/153 .
  • A culture experiment with different types of lettuce. In: Garden flora. 1896, p. 149, https://archive.org/details/gartenflora45russ/page/148 .
  • Pinus Peuce Grisebach. The Rumelian pine. In: Garden flora. 38th year, 1898, p. 338, https://archive.org/details/gartenflorazeit381889berl/page/338 .
  • The home garden in the country, a popular guide for teachers, etc. on the creation, planting and care of the same. 1899. 2nd edition Voigt, 1900. 6th edition, Leipzig 1912.
  • The perennial plants. Siegismund, 1899, 92 pages.
  • Annual and biennial garden plants. In: Dr. Udo Dammer (Ed.): Horticultural Library. Volume 6, published by Karl Siegis, Berlin approx. 1899.
  • Flowering shrubs. K. Siegismund, 1900, 78 pages.
  • Colorful trees. Siegismund, 1900, 85 pages.
  • Edging plants. 1900.
  • My experiences about the behavior of foreign woody plants in the rough Upper Silesian climate. In: Communications of the German Dendrological Society. No. 12, 1903, pp. 75-80 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Profitable asparagus farming. 1904.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Udo Vogt, The Göschke family from Köthen - pioneers of strawberry breeding in Germany in communications from the Verein für Anhaltische Landeskunde, Köthen 2015, p. 35 and p. 40, ISBN 978-3-945147-29-0
  2. ↑ see: Gartenflora, Volume 48, 1899, p. 312, Personal-Nachrichten: “On May 1, 1899 the Kgl. Horticultural director Franz Goeschke the day of his 25 years activity at the Königl. pomological institute in Proskau ”; in: https://archive.org/details/gartenflora48russ/page/312 . According to this, Goeschke would have started in Proskau in May 1874.
  3. ↑ Personal- und Verein- Nachrichten, in: Gartenflora, 1890, p. 88, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002325360/page/88  : “The head gardener Franz Goeschke at the Royal Pomological Institute in Proskau is the character of a garden inspector been awarded. "
  4. ↑ »During his almost thirty years of office at the Königl. pomological institute in Proskau had the opportunity to plant a large number of exotic trees in the arboretum there and to observe and test their behavior in the harsh Upper Silesian climate. «Königl. Horticultural director Goeschke - Proskau, “My experiences about the behavior of foreign woody plants in the harsh Upper Silesian climate.” Announcements from the German Dendrological Society No. 12, 1903, pp. 75–80 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  5. ↑ so Magda-Viola Hanke / Henryk Flachowsky, fruit breeding and scientific principles, p. 336/337, https://books.google.de/books?id=-O4mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA336&lpg=PA336 : "Gottlieb Göschkes Sohn, Franz Göschke, successfully continued his father's work. He became director of horticulture and head of the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau (Silesia) ... “. Likewise: Udo Vogt / Christian Ratzel, History of Horticulture in Saxony-Anhalt - The Köthener Art Gardener Gottlieb Göschke, in: "WochenSpiegel für Köthen and surroundings", Cöthener Bilderbogen, September 1, 2004, p. 6, https: // www .val-Anhalt.de / archive / rgkoethen / 04goeschke.html
  6. ↑ see: Proskau again. Its dismantling and its history «. By Horticultural Director Erbe, Breslau, in: Die Gartenwelt, Heft 37, 1924, p. 243, corresponding to p. 9 of the PDF file, http://gartentexte-digital.ub.tu-berlin.de/archiv/Gartenwelt/ Volume 28 / Heft_37.pdf # page = 9
personal data
SURNAME Goeschke, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Göschke, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist, royal horticultural director and strawberry grower
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Koethen
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1912