They’ve been saying nodes could change and have been recommending a fresh start with 1.0 for months.
It sucks your new factory didn’t work out, but this is what happens when you’re playing an (formerly) early access game and you don’t pay attention to patch notes.
Apples work well on white pizza as well. Perhaps OP only tried with red sauce, which I imagine wouldn’t be very good.
But indeed there’s a local pizza place around where I live that does a simple olive oil base topped with creamy cheese, tart apples, arugula, and drizzled with balsamic glaze. It’s utterly fantastic