Black mom sues L.A. Unified over cotton-picking project at elementary school, suit says

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10. Now I really don't understand.

OP: "Cotton field."

Your post: "Cotton plant."

School's location is relevant. It has limited space (at present) that isn't paved over. If there's a "variety" of other things growing in the limited space, "field" seems ruled out.

Strictly speaking, cotton apparently self-pollinates so it could be possible to have a single plant produce bolls.

When I was in school we didn't pick cotton, but we were given a pile of bolls to sort through and clean. (Pointless lesson in my case. A few times my mother decided to go to a pick-your-own place and we spent a day in late July or August picking string beans. Spending the day bending over picking string beans in the hot sun for 10 hours is something that few would consider a fun time.)