John Leibitzer

* Levoca, 1 June 1763 – † Levoca, 5 July 1817 / gardener, pomologist ; ; He was a teacher in Munkács and Szepesváralján, but in 1798 he retired to Levoca and engaged in gardening. He founded a nursery where, following Christ, he collected local varieties, observed them and propagated the excellent ones. He became the founder of modern Hungarian pomology. He wrote practical fruit growing manuals and in these, but especially in his article Einige Obstsorten und deren Beschreibungen published in 1804, he did pioneering work in the field of describing and economically evaluating Hungarian fruit species and reforming domestic fruit growing. ; ; His main works: ; Vollständiger Gartenkalender…,1791, ; Vollständiges Handbuch der Küchengärtnerey, 1797, ; Vollständiges Handbuch der Obstbaumzucht..., 1798, ; Praktisches Handbuch der Zwergbaumzucht..., 1804.