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'Crimson Glory' rose References
Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 132, 137.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 132: [Photo]
Page 137: [and Photo] Crimson Glory Large-flowered. Wilhelm Kordes 1935. Parentage: 'Katherine Kordes' seedling x 'W.E. Chaplin'. Description... when it was introduced it was hailed as the finest red rose, ever... a most important parent...
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 117.  
 
Hybrid Tea, dark red, 1935, 'Cathrine Kordes' seedling x 'W.E. Chaplin'; Kordes; Dreer; J&P. Bud long, pointed; flowers deep velvety crimson, double (30 petals), cupped, large; very fragrant (damask); foliage leathery; vigorous, bushy, spreading growth. Gold Medal, National Rose Society of Great Britain (now Royal National Rose Society), 1936; James Alexander Gamble Rose Fragrance Medal, 1961
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 180.  Includes photo(s).
 
Crimson Glory Large-flowered hybrid tea. Parentage: 'Catherine Kordes' seedling x 'W.E. Chaplin'. Germany 1935. Description. Flowers: velvety deep crimson...
Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Crimson Glory was introduced in 1935 and remained popular as the best red until superseded in the 1950s by one of its descendants, 'Ena Harkness'.
Book  (1990)  Page(s) 62.  
 
Ted Phillips, Rosanna, Victoria.  Some of the Darker Reds and Others.  
'Crimson Glory',  'Ena Harkness', 'Josephine Bruce - the defects in growth and disease resistance of all three are too well known to need repeating. I still grow the first two because they have always done well for me and give me some lovely blooms.
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 18, 30.  
 
Page 18: (1935) Its deep [red] colour, fragrance and good form are still unequaled; poor growth and mildew are its undoing.
Page 30: Tantau (Germany) used seedlings from 'Crimson Glory' in his breeding program.
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 134-135.  Includes photo(s).
 
Crimson Glory Description.
Website/Catalog  (1986)  Page(s) 15.  
 

Crimson Glory (Bush form) (Hybrid Tea) Large, globular blooms of deep velvety red.  Very fragrant.  Has rather a weak neck but good despite this fault.  Thorny angular growth - dark green foliage.  1935.  (C) 2 x 2’.

Website/Catalog  (1985)  Page(s) 17.  
 
Crimson Glory. Bush form also available.  (C) 3 x 3’.
Book  (1985)  Page(s) 101.  
 
[In trying to achieve a red 'Caroline Testout', Wilhelm Kordes II came up with 'Cathrine Kordes', sort of a red 'Caroline Testout', but not red enough. So he crossed 'Cathrine Kordes' with 'W.E. Chaplin'.] The result was 'Crimson Glory', dark red, very fragrant, soon grown everywhere as the best red rose in the world. It was introduced in 1935.
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