> There's an idiom for this kind of thing. It was first invented by ...
> someone who no doubt reads this list!
>
> <xsl:template match="root">
>    <xsl:for-each select="//apple">
>      <xsl:sort select="string-length(.)" order="descending"/>

I think you need to add
        data-type="number"
Otherwise, a string of length 2 would be preferred over a string
of length 10.

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