HoneyCrisp are $1/lb where I shop. But I also live in an orcharding county.
Create something that has a high demand, and the price goes up. Producers respond to the price signal by expanding prooduction. Price goes down. Funny how free markets work.
Yes, when we lived in Hawaii in the late ‘60s they practically gave away the pineapples.
25 cents each at the commissary, and they were delicious.