Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 11.  
 
CRIMSON GLORY (W. Kordès 1935). Rouge éclatant velouté teinté de rouge garance foncé.  O[dorante]. + [conseillées pour fleurs coupées de plein air.]

Book  (1958)  Page(s) 73.  
 
Crimson Glory. HT. (Kordes; int. Dreer and J&P, '35.) Cathrine Kordes seedling X W. E. Chaplin. Bud long pointed; fl. large, dbl. (30 petals), cupped, very fragrant (Damask), deep velvety crimson, with purple shadings. Fol. leathery. Very vig., bushy, spreading; profuse bloom (28) Pl. Pat. 105 (expired). NRS Gold Medal, '36.

Article (misc)  (1954)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Crimson Glory 28 chromosomes.

Book  (1953)  
 
p84.  Frank Penn. Auckland, NZ.  Twelve Good Roses.
Crimson Glory (Kordes, 1985). Although just a few growers are not very enthusiastic about this rose, it is still probably the most popular red rose in existence today.  Its vigorous growth, freedom of blooming over a long season, and delightful fragrance make a great appeal to all lovers of a really good red rose. Occasionally the blooms come on short stems and are rather "dumpy," but as a rule, it has very few faults and many virtues.

p140.  Mr. W. F. Bennett, Dunedin, NZ.
Gerald Hardy, very closely resembling Crimson Glory, and often almost as good.

Magazine  (Mar 1952)  Page(s) 1. trimester, p. 8.  
 
Le fins aiguillons « d'Hadley » ne peuvent être confondus avec ceux de « Crimson Glory », courts et pressés ; les fins crochets de « Postadow »  [?] avec les aiguillons droits d' « Etoile de Hollande » ; les larges aiguillons droits de « Mari-Dot » avec ceux en crochet de « Doris Dickson » ou ceux mêlés de « Los Angeles » ; les grands aiguillons de la couleur du bois de « Triomphe de la Malmaison », avec les petits aiguillons rouges sur bois vert de « Madame H. de Carbuçia »

Article (magazine)  (Feb 1952)  Page(s) 101-104.  
 
Crimson Glory Whenever he was asked to recommend a good rose, Mr. Terasaki chose 'Crimson Glory' because of its intense fragrance, good plant form, vigor, superb color and flower form. In this article, he traces its parents, as well as its offspring and in so doing presents the history of modern roses in a nutshell... ['Crimson Glory' is a rose that has been rated highly by rosarians all around the world]... Its important character as a parent rose has been acknowledged by Kordes, the originator and many other hybridizers... [Mr. Terasaki summarizes the list of 'Crimson Glory's offspring by saying] a large number of them belong to the deep crimson series obtained through back crossing with others in the scarlet-crimson series, such as 'Kardinal' or 'Southport'; we also notice several in the coral-peach series, such as 'Fashion' and 'Vogue'. According to classes, the majority belong to the hybrid tea class with several in the hybrid polyantha or floribunda group.

Book  (1952)  
 
p40.  C. H. Isaac.  Selecting Your Roses.
Crimson Glory is losing favour with me because it is rather temperamental.  When it makes up its mind to grow well it is wonderful, but quite often, and for no good reason, it does but poorly. No satisfactory explanation has been advanced for Crimson Glory's unreliable behaviour. Around Melbourne it is not accounted for by the various types of soil in different districts—it will grow well in one garden but poorly only fifty feet away in the next garden, or even only a few feet away in the same garden.

p54.  Dr. A. S. Thomas.  Red Roses.
Crimson Glory varies greatly in vigour, apparently with types of soil. It resents hard pruning and does best with frequent watering. The best plants I know are in vegetable patches or amongst annuals where the soil is never allowed to become dry. It does not bloom again quickly after cutting.

p144.  Dr. A. S. Thomas.  A Victorian View of the New Roses.
Rouge Meilland: A great new red rose of the moderately dark type like Crimson Glory, Liebesglut, New Yorker and Grace Moore

Book  (1949)  
 
p109.  Mr. H. Hazlewood.  Six Indispensables
Crimson Glory. Aptly named, it is an outstanding variety in a long list of red roses. Its colour,  rich fragrance and shape are splendid. It appears to suffer in growth when heavily pruned and is subject to mildew, but this is readily controlled by the Alboleum spray which will check the disease overnight.

p110.  Mr. B. Adams, Brighton, Vic. Six Indispensables
Crimson Glory, a red rose of excellent quality. Put it in a open sunny position.

p110. Mr. A. Brundrett, Narre Warren North, Vic.  Six Indispensables
Crimson Glory (curse its thorns) is a welcome "second leg" during the warmer weather when " Etoile" is inclined to be undersized and the buds open too freely. But Crimson is more affected by weather than Etoile and some crops have stems that are too short, and often too many blooms per stem.

p118.  Mr. C. A. Brown, Ivanhoe, Victoria.  Six Indispensables
It is difficult for me to name my best red. Crimson Glory, while giving beautiful blooms at times, mostly in hot weather often disappoints.  The petals fold in in damp weather giving a very forlorn appearance and the colour often fades to a purple.

Magazine  (Jul 1948)  Page(s) 3. trimester, p. 14.  
 
« Crimson Glory » (de Kordes), rouge cramoisi velouté de noir, excellente variété florifère et de bonne vigueur

Book  (1948)  Page(s) 128.  
 
Mrs. D. Marriott, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
I know now why Crimson Glory is considered a lovely rose.  Always before I have had too short a stem and thought perhaps my method of pruning was the fault. I tried harder pruning on a few bushes this year, but the long pruned plants gave, on the whole, far greater length of stem and finer blooms, and much more new wood for a second crop of flowers, so it would seem that this is a rose that responds to proper feeding and adequate moisture.