1400s: Date that some of the earliest mentions of apple pie are recorded in European history

1600s: Oliver Cromwell bans the eating of pie; later in the century, King Charles II allows it

1600s: Only crab apples are growing in America; colonists to the New World bring apple seeds from Europe

$107 million: Sales in 2003 of Mrs. Smith’s frozen pies, by far the top-selling brand in the U.S.

Sources: Information Resources Inc.