The mob had the artichoke market in NYC cornered at one time. No one cared then because only Italians ate them anyway.
I had a large purple skinned avocado tree on Guam. I couldn’t give them away, a few folks yes, but most of the fruit went to an old chamorro who raised a few hogs, they loved them. Oddly the people who ate avocados chunked them up and flavored with italian dressing.