Franz Goeschke
Franz Goeschke ; was a German horticulturist who was director of horticulture and head of the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau. His father, Gottlieb Göschke, was also a noted horticulturalist.
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, a variety he first introduced in 1905.Selected publications
- Die rationelle Spargelzucht, 1882.
- Die Haselnuss, ihre Arten und ihre Kultur, 1885.
- Das Buch der Erdbeeren, 2nd edition 1888.
- Der Hausgarten auf dem Lande, 1899.
- Einfassungspflanzen, 1900.
- Einträgliche Spargelzucht, 1904.
- The hazel, 1922; English translation of works by Göschke and Karl Koch.
