Texas was the leading national producer of cotton at the time, and the name of the game is also a play on the term “cotton boll." Bolls are the green, protective coverings that grow over the ...

Bolls are the green, protective coverings that grow over the round, fluffy clumps on a cotton plant. This fruit part of the plant is where cotton grows and where cotton seeds and fibers can be ...

LUBBOCK, Texas — For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers $20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural … ...

MONTMORENCI — Annie’s Inn, one of Aiken County’s oldest homes, is dressed in white and green throughout the year, and yellow joins the color scheme in a big way during Flags and cotton bolls ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers $20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural ...