Website/Catalog  (1941)  Page(s) 3.  
 
‘Cathrine Kordes’ (Pern). Long pointed buds, opening to large blooms of ideal shape. Colour, scarlet, with dark shades of crimson. Vigorous growth.

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p28-1 C. C. Hillary. And I remembered too, Herr Kordes and his daughter Cathrine, whom I met the year before….

p93-1 Harry Hazlewood. Red. ‘Cathrine Kordes’, 1930

p93-3 ibid. ‘Cathrine Kordes’ has excellent shape and growth but is weaker in disease resistance and fragrance. ….There is no practical bar to the production of a Rose with the size and form of ‘Cathrine Kordes’…

p102-2 S. R. Bird. NZ. ‘Freude’, classed as a hybrid poly….are near replicas of ‘Cathrine Kordes’ on a smaller scale and are bright cerise pink.

Website/Catalog  (1940)  Page(s) 30.  
 
‘Cathrine Kordes’ (HT). (W Kordes Sohne, 1930) F3. Rich scarlet blooms of large size and splendid shape, making an ideal exhibition flower. The colour is liable to vary somewhat, with occasional specimens showing bright pink. The growth is vigorous and rather thorny, while the foliage is apt to mildew under adverse conditions. This is an outstanding exhibition sort with quite good garden value as well. Light tea scent. Recommended. E[verywhere]

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 31.  
 
‘Cathrine Kordes’ HT. (Kordes; int. U.S., Dreer and H.&S, ’30) (‘Mme. Caroline Testout’ x ‘Willowmere’ x ‘Sensation’). Bud long-pointed, blood-red, with black shading; fl. very large, dbl., high-centered, fragrant (like ‘Mme. Caroline Testout’), glowing dark scarlet. Fol. Large, dark ) (young fol. blood-red), leathery. Very vig; intermittent bloom.

Website/Catalog  (1939)  Page(s) 123.  
 
Cathrine Kordes (Hybrid Tea). Very large, excellently filled and formed blooms, bright ruby-red, shaded blood-red. Forst class cutting rose. ....Low garden plants 1 piece RM [Reichsmark] -.50   10 pieces RM 4.50, standards RM 2.-

Website/Catalog  (1939)  Page(s) 19.  
 
‘Cathrine Kordes’. HT. (1932). Scarlet with dark shades of crimson; long pointed buds and ideally shaped blooms; full. Good growth. Exhibition, Garden. This is one of the best roses of the recent introductions and should become a popular variety.

Book  (1938)  Page(s) 129.  
 
129-7 Hawthorn, Vic. ‘Cathrine Kordes’ A fine variety, free blooming, good growth, of a reddish shade of crimson and of full size.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 4.  
 
‘Catherine Kordes. HT. Long pointed bud opening into splendid shaped flowers, colouring rich scarlet with crimson shadings, a really beautiful variety, worthy of a place in any garden.

Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 26.  
 
‘Catherine Kordes’. Buds long and pointed, opening to large blooms of ideal shape. The color is crimson. A superb rose of real merit.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 35.  
 
The production of a brilliant German hybridizer who works with discrimination and success is ‘Cathrine Kordes’, HT (Kordes, int. U.S. by Dreer and H. & S. 1930). Its large, long-pointed, blood-red bud opens into a lasting, dark scarlet, long stemmed bloom. A good plant produces these flowers successively, but not too plentifully.