Rudolf Geschwind

Rudolf Geschwind ( born August 29, 1829 in Hředle, Bohemia; † August 30, 1910 in Carp, Hungary ) was a rose breeder.

Life

Rudolf Geschwind studied at the Mining and Forestry Academy in Schemnitz. After completing his training in 1852, he worked at various locations in Italy, Ukraine, Hungary, Bohemia and Poland, and was last urban forester in carp.

His growing roses began Rudolf Geschwind as a hobby. Between 1860 and 1910 he published around 140 mostly hardy rose varieties. His 1886 published book " hybridization and seedlings of Roses" was the first book about breeding new roses in German language. It was awarded a prize in 1888 by the International Horticultural Exposition to Cologne on the Rhine and is still regarded as a standard work for rose growers.

Rose Varieties of Rudolf Geschwind

Famous, bred by Rudolf Geschwind roses are the floribunda ' Gruss an Teplitz ' (see: World Rose "old roses ") and " gypsy boy ", also known as " Gypsy Boy", a robust dark red shrub rose.