Exactly as the title says - the Sweetie apple is an excellent variety. It has good texture, it is not excessively tart (as many of the Cripps - type apples are), and it has a fresh apple flavor. It's a nearly perfect apple. However, the packing and shipping of my 5 lbs box was miserable. The apples arrived bruised, every one of them, some deeply bruised, and some on two sides. I don't know what happened en route, but it was sad to see such fine apples so badly mishandled. I enjoyed them anyway. After cutting away the damaged parts, the rest was fine. Still - there is something seriously wrong with the process at Frog Hollow, and in a sense I should demand a refund for the percent of discarded fruit. I estimate about 15%-20%.
