This is NYC, not Bug Tussle.
Rotting fruit would be all over the sidewalks next to the dog poop that nobody picks up. Most people under 60 in this city can’t cook to save their lives. Unless DCA approved for restaurants to pull the fruit to make their food it would just fall off and rot.
Wait a minute. I thought TOL lived in Bug Tussle. I didn't know that NNB was her neighbor...
Either way, you are correct about the eventual end of the annual production from the fruit trees if planted in Gotham...