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It traces record-setting giants back to Atlantic Giant seeds developed by Howard Dill, and describes the hunger for water, soil feeding, sun protection, and removal of extra pumpkins. 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Its seeds were widely sought and became treasured by growers.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How do growers help a giant pumpkin reach its maximum size?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Growers water and feed the soil heavily, protect the fruit from sunburn, and remove extra pumpkins so the plant’s energy goes into just one.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"Why does the passage say beating a rival can also help a rival?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"Growers share seeds across distances and exchange progress, so one grower’s improvements can contribute to others. 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Some giant pumpkins tip the scales at more than a small car, anda champion can gain dozens of pounds in a single day at its peak. These aren't the round orange pumpkins you carve on Halloween; they slump into pale, lopsided blobs, stretched wide by their own enormous weight. Growing one is part gardening, part science experiment, and part obsession that eats up an entire summer.  \nThat obsession almost always begins with a single seed from a variety  \ncalled the Atlantic Giant. Nearly every record-breaking pumpkin on Earth traces back to this one line, first developed by a Canadian grower named Howard Dill in the 1970s and early 1980s. Dill patented his seeds and won contest after contest with them, and other growers soon realized that if they wanted a monster, they needed his stock. Today the best seeds are practically treasures, passed between growers and sometimes auctioned for hundreds of dollars apiece.  \nGetting one of those prized seeds is only the start, because a giant pumpkin is a hungry, thirsty machine. During its fastest stretch in mid to late summer, a single plant can drink dozens of gallons of water in a day and pack on 40 to 50 pounds in that same 24 hours. Growers feed the soil, protect the fruit from sunburn with sheets and blankets, and pick off extra pumpkins so all the plant's energy pours into just one. Imagine putting on the weight of a large dog every single day, and you begin to understand the pace.  \nAll that careful work builds toward one dramatic afternoon: the weigh-off. Each autumn, growers load their giants onto trucks and haul them to contests, where a crane or forklift sets each one on a giant scale before a cheering crowd. The tension is real, because a pumpkin that looks like a winner can hide a soft spot or a hidden split that gets it disqualified. A single afternoon on the scale can decide whose entire summer of watering, worrying, and record-keeping paid off.  \nThe numbers those scales show have climbed almost unbelievably over the decades. When Howard Dill set an early record, his pumpkin weighed a few hundred pounds, which seemed gigantic at the time. The current world record now stands at more than 2,700 pounds, heavier than a car and many times the weight of Dill's early giant. Growers push the number higher almost every year by sharing seeds, comparing notes online, and treating each harvest like data for the next one.  \nThat habit of sharing is exactly why the giants keep growing instead of hitting a wall. A grower in one country will mail seeds from a champion pumpkin to a stranger across an ocean, hoping their combined effort tops the record next season. It's a friendly kind of competition, where beating a rival and helping a rival somehow become the same thing. Not bad for a plant that started as a single seed and ended up needing a crane to lift it.  \nGiant Pumpkins  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) Which two ideas develop together across the whole passage?\u003Cbr>A. That growing giant pumpkins is a science and that growers cooperate to push records higher\u003Cbr>B. That pumpkins are carved for Halloween and that they rot quickly after harvest\u003Cbr>C. That Canada leads the world and that seeds are illegal to sell abroad\u003Cbr>D. That forklifts are expensive and that farming requires special training |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What point does the author make by calling the growers' rivalry 'a friendly kind of competition'?\u003Cbr>A. That the contests have no winners or official rankings\u003Cbr>B. That growers only compete against people in their own country\u003Cbr>C. That growers refuse to share any of their winning seeds\u003Cbr>D. That beating a rival and helping a rival can become the same thing |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) What ","cbCaiaSkw3Ujt75U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaSkw3Ujt75U","pdf",96902,"English","# Giant Pumpkins: How They Grow\n## Origins of Atlantic Giant seeds\n## Water, feeding, and training the plant\n## The weigh-off and its stakes\n## Rising record weights over time\n## Friendly competition through seed sharing","[{\"question\":\"What do the Atlantic Giant seeds have to do with pumpkin records?\",\"answer\":\"Nearly every record-breaking giant pumpkin traces back to the Atlantic Giant line first developed by Howard Dill. 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