Yakima, Washington, grower-packer Dave Allan doesn’t think consumers are the ones demanding redder apples. The worldwide popularity of Gala, a variety that originally was an apple with orange-red stripes and a cream-yellow background, would seem to prove that red color does not beat eating quality. Although there is concern that Gala could fall into the same color trap that Red Delicious apples fell in, the two varieties are not really comparable. Gala is a better apple than Red Delicious, Allan said, pointing out that market demand for Gala continues to expand, whereas it’s not been expanding for Red Delicious. Scott […]