Backport PR #60636 on branch 2.3.x (TST(string dtype): Resolve xfail with apply returning an ndarray) (#60643)

Backport PR #60636: TST(string dtype): Resolve xfail with apply returning an ndarray

Co-authored-by: Richard Shadrach <[email protected]>

Author: meeseeksmachine

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_dtypes.py

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from pandas._config import using_string_dtype
-
 from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import DatetimeTZDtype
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -144,13 +142,9 @@ def test_dtypes_timedeltas(self):
         )
         tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(using_string_dtype(), reason="TODO(infer_string)")
     def test_frame_apply_np_array_return_type(self, using_infer_string):
         # GH 35517
         df = DataFrame([["foo"]])
         result = df.apply(lambda col: np.array("bar"))
-        if using_infer_string:
-            expected = Series([np.array(["bar"])])
-        else:
-            expected = Series(["bar"])
+        expected = Series(np.array("bar"))
         tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)