Cotton Boll

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Cotton is no longer "king" in Georgia, but the crop is still grown, mostly on the Coastal Plain. Bulloch, Dooly, Colquitt, Mitchell, and Worth counties in south central and southwest Georgia were the top cotton producers in 2017.

Photograph by Michael Bass-Deschenes

A cotton boll that is almost completely open, revealing the fibers inside.

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