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Here are a lot of crisp and crunchy things, and they run 
from easy to darned hard to grow. Easiest is the radish. 
Start planting them when you first go to work in the garden 
and keep right at it every two weeks all summer. You'll 
have fresh radishes all season that way. It's hard to say 
exactly which varieties are best because there are so 
many types, but Early Scarlet Globe for a red one, 
and White Icicle for white are probably your best bet. 
Crimson Giant is the thing for big, solid, red radishes; and 
Sparkler White Tip or French Breakfast for red with 
white ends. If you must have a long red one too, then it 
will have to be Long Scarlet Short Top, but look out 
when you bite into it! 
Carrots should be planted about the same way as radishes, 
and you don't have to be a genius to grow them, either. 
Don't cook every one you pull out of the garden, but give 
the family a treat by serving them sliced and raw once 
in a while. Looks very much as if the girl across the 
page is aiming at them, and you will, too. The best variety 
is Red Cored Chantenay. It's sweet and tender all the 
way through. Other good varieties are Danvers and 
regular Chantenay, If you're out to raise the biggest 
carrot fit to eat, then plant Oxheart. 
Chicago Pickling and Early Cluster 
are the best kinds of cucumbers for 
pickling, but if you're going to 
