Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 3.  
 
Adolf Grille Hybrid Polyantha. (Kordes; introduced in the US by Jackson & Perkins 1940)... scarlet-carmine...

Book  (1947)  Page(s) 92.  
 
ADOLF GRILLE (Hybrid polyantha) produces its clustered heads of large double semi-globular bright-carmine flowers on compact but strong bushes, with dark green plentiful foliage.
Kordes 1939. Deciduous. Vigorous. Slightly fragrant. ..June-September. Hardy.

Article (misc)  (1945)  Page(s) 179.  
 
Adolph Grille Hybrid Polyantha. Red. (Kordes 1939; introduced US Jackson & Perkins 1940). US Plant Patent No. 475

Book  (1941)  Page(s) 46.  
 
R. Marion Hatton.  An American Review of the New Roses.
The second Kordes is a semi-double, large flowered Hybrid Polyantha named Adolf Grille, with three and a half inch flowers which were cerise in summer and bright red in autumn. Plants were about 18 inches tall and bloomed about as well as this type does.