Franz Ludwig Späth
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Franz Ludwig Späth was a German botanist and fifth manager of the Späth nursery
from 1863, when his father Ludwig (1793–1883) retired, until his death, when the nursery passed to his own son Hellmut Ludwig Späth
(1885–1945). With his father, Franz was a co-founder of the German Pomologists Association
in 1860, and was made an honorary member in 1903.
Späth nursery
The Späth family created one of the world's most notable plant nurseries of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The nursery had been founded in 1720 by Christoph Späth but removed to the erstwhile district of Baumschulenweg in south-east Berlin in 1863 when Franz Ludwig Späth succeeded his father...
from 1863, when his father Ludwig (1793–1883) retired, until his death, when the nursery passed to his own son Hellmut Ludwig Späth
Hellmut Ludwig Späth
Hellmut Ludwig Späth , the son of Franz and Wilhelmine Späth, became the sixth and last manager of the Späth nursery on the death of his father in 1913. After studies at Cambridge, Hellmut returned to Berlin in 1910 and received his doctorate in 1912 from the Berlin Agricultural College...
(1885–1945). With his father, Franz was a co-founder of the German Pomologists Association
Pomology
Pomology is a branch of botany that studies and cultivates pome fruit, particularly from the genera Malus, Prunus and Pyrus belonging to the Rosaceae. The term is sometimes applied more broadly, to the cultivation of any type of fruit...
in 1860, and was made an honorary member in 1903.