Johannes Böttner (September 3, 1861 – April 28, 1919) was a German horticulturist.[citation needed] He was born in Greußen, Germany and died in Frankfurt an der Oder.[1] He created new cultivars of roses[2] and vegetables: asparagus,[3] strawberries[citation needed] and rhubarb.

Rosa 'Fragezeichen', 1918

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  1. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1892). Annals of Horticulture in North America for the Years 1889-1893. Rural publishing Company.
  2. ^ Library, United States Dept of Agriculture (1908). Bulletin. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ Mayer, Christoph. "fastpublish 3 - Antique Gardening Books". www.grassrootlandscaping.com. Retrieved 2018-11-19.

Bibliography edit

  • Möllers Deutsche Gärtnerzeitung 24 (1910)
  • Böttner, Johannes: Tomatenbuch. Frankfurt 1910 .
  • Robert Zander: Geschichte des Gärtnertums. Stuttgart 1952
  • Gröning, Gert ; Wolschke-Bulmahn, Joachim: Grüne Biographien. Berlin [u.a.], 1997
  • Wimmer, Clemens Alexander: Johannes Böttner, in: Gartenkultur in Brandenburg und Berlin. Potsdam 2000,
  • Gerber, Theophil: Persönlichkeiten aus Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Veterinärmedizin Bd. 1. Berlin 2004, S. 82
  • Estate in the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv in Potsdam

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