The Apple Market Is Perfectly Competitive and Is in Long-Run

The apple market is perfectly competitive and is in long-run equilibrium. Now a disease kills 50 percent of the apple orchards. In the short run, the price of a bag of apples ________ and the remaining apple growers make ________ economic profit. In the long run, the ________.

A) increases; zero; price of apples will return to their original level
B) remains the same; zero; orchards will be replanted and growers will make normal profits
C) increases; zero; orchards will be replanted and economic profit will return to zero
D) increases; positive; orchards will be replanted and economic profit will return to zero