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Show Census Shows Apple to Be Most Popular in Pie New York. A nationwide census of pie-eaters, involving an analysis of 12,-000,000 12,-000,000 meals, shows that apple Is the most popular. Among pies, apple Is the men's choice in all parts of the country. Women also prefer apple pie in the east, but in the west they show a slight preference for lemon meringue. The pie census, reported by the Woman's Home Companion, Indicates that cherry pie is growing rapidly In favor everywhere in America. In fact, cherry is going ahead so fast that, If it continues its present rate of gain, It may be expected to outstrip apple pie in about 65 years. The most popular luncheon menu in America today consists of a sandwich, sand-wich, a cup of coffee and a piece of pie. The pie Industry, however, has suffered suf-fered quite seriously from the depression depres-sion of the last four years. Americans eat one-third fewer pies now than they did at prosperity's peak. They ate $75,000,000 worth of pie in 1920, but only $55,000,000 worth last year. The 20 most popular pies, after apple, cherry and lemon meringue, are: Pineapple, mince, pumpkin, prune, custard, cus-tard, raisin, rhubarb, strawberry, cranberry, cran-berry, chocolate, apricot, coconut, blackberry, raspberry, cream, date, huckleberry, cheese, squash and peach. |