Franz Goeschke

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 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.