Rudolf Geschwind
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n rosarian known for his breeding
Plant breeding
Plant breeding is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for propagation, to more complex molecular...
of rose
Rose
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cultivar
Cultivar
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Studies and professional activities
Interested in growing plants even in his childhood, Rudolf Geschwind pursued his studies for two years at the Technical University in PraguePrague
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. He then continued his studies at the Academy for Forestry in Schemnitz (today Banska Stiavnica
Banská Štiavnica
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în Slovakia, graduating in 1852. He then started working for the Austro-Hungarian Department of Forestry. His work was carried out in various parts of the Austro-Hungarian empire, on the territory of today's Italy
Italy
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, Ukraine
Ukraine
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, Poland
Poland
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, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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, Slovakia
Slovakia
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and Hungary
Hungary
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However, his hobby was the breeding of roses. From 1860 to 1910 he created around 140 rose
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
cultivars, most of them resistant to frost
Frost
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. He acquired international fame during the Exposition Universelle (1889)
Exposition Universelle (1889)
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in Paris
Paris
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, where he presented his collection of climbing roses.
After his death, in 1910, his entire collection of cultivars was purchased by countess Marie Henrieta Chotek
Marie Henrieta Chotek
Countess Henrieta Hermína Rudolfína Ferdinanda Marie Antonie Anna Chotková of Chotkov and Vojnín – - , also known as the countess of roses was a grower of roses, who established the rosarium of Dolná Krupá ,-The Dolná Krupá mansion:The village of Dolná Krupá is located in the Danubian Hills at...
for her rosarium in Dolná Krupá
Dolná Krupá
Dolná Krupá is a village and municipality of Trnava District in the Trnava region of Slovakia. It is located in the Danubian Hills at around 12 km from the city of Trnava.The important sights in the village are:* the Saint Andrew church, built in 1807-1811...
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Rose cultivars created by Rudolf Geschwind
| Year | Name of cultivar | Year | Name of cultivar | Year | Name of cultivar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | Premier Essai | 1890 | Trompeter von Säckingen | 1900 | Pescheräh |
| 1867 | Dr. Hurta | Rigoletto | Eugen E. Marlitt | ||
| 1882 | Anna Geschwind | Ovid | Satanella | ||
| 1884 | Geschwinds Nordlandrose | Wodan | Leopold Ritter | ||
| 1886 | Lios Alpha | Anna Scharsach | Gräfin Chotek | ||
| Mme Richter | Gipsy Blood | Julia Festilla | |||
| Forstmeisters Heim | Alpenfee | Josephine Ritter' | |||
| Fatinitza | Elbfex | Geschwinds Unermüdliche' | |||
| Mercedes | Dr. Valentin Teirich | Geschwinds Schönste | |||
| Souvenir de Brod | Amneris | 1902 | Obergärtner Franz Joost | ||
| Schloß Luegg | Andor | Wenzel Geschwind | |||
| Nymphe Tepla | Antonie Schurz | 1905 | Lady Gray | ||
| Kleiner Postillon | Corporal Johann Nagy | 1909 | Gipsy Boy | ||
| Décoration de Geschwind | Chloris | Azalea | |||
| Ännchen von Tharau | Erinnerung an meinem Vater | Wicking | |||
| Wassilissa | Fantasca | Walküre | |||
| Aurelia Liffa | Julius Fabianics de Misefa | Alice Rauch | |||
| Erlkönig | Lydia Geschwind | Asta von Parpart | |||
| 1887 | Manetti purpurea | Picotte | Parkzierde | ||
| Manetti alba rosea | Hauptmann A. Steinsdorfer | 1910 | Wachhilde | ||
| Manetti floribunda | Ulana | Siwa | |||
| Loreley | 1891 | Dryade | Freya | ||
| Caecilie Scharsach | Nymphe Egeria | Commercialized after Geschwind’s death | |||
| Meteor | 1892 | Erinnerung an Schloß Scharfenstein | 1912 | Hermione | |
| Gilda | Lydia | Prinz Hirzeprinzchen | |||
| Rotkäppchen | 1894 | Schneelicht | Asra | ||
| Dora | 1895 | Fontäne | Rote Beka | ||
| Eurydice | Himmelsauge | Ariana El | |||
| Virago | Griseldis | Fatma | |||
| Fiametta | Lisdana | Astra | |||
| 1888 | Kobold | Theano | 1913 | Geisha | |
| Erebus | Niobe | 1928 | Geschwinds Multiflora | ||
| Erinnerung an meine Mutter | Meigela | Geschwinds Gorgeous | |||
| Ernst G. Dörell | Nora | Year of commercialization unknown | |||
| Ernst Willner | Phaedra | Arva Leany | |||
| Major Franz Teirich | Irrlicht | Majthenyi | |||
| Esmeralda | Vineta | Frau Dr. E. Skibinska | |||
| Tartarus | Crémé | ||||
| Terror | Cyclop | ||||
| Frau Viktoria von Thusansky | Geranium | ||||
| 1889 | Graziella | Gelon | |||
| Gruß an Wien | Feuerkugel | ||||
| Herzblättchen | Zacharula-rubrifolia | ||||
| Marie Geschwind | Sylvia | ||||
| Báró Natália | 1897 | Gruß an Teplitz | |||
| Stadkassierer Wilhelm Liffa | Virginia R. Coxe | ||||
| Caroline Bank | |||||
| Marie Dermat | |||||