Nutrient status of the soils (0~40cm) of Newhall orange orchards in Quality Citrus Variety Demonstration Farm of Zigui County (Zigui C.),Baoping Village of Gaoyang Town of Xingshan County (Xingshan C.), Leijiaping Village of Dongxiangkou Town of Badong County (Badong C.),Yansongping Village of Yuxiakou Town of Changyang County (Changyang C.),Baiyunshan Horticultural Farm of Juanqiao Reservoir of Gong'an County (Gong'an C.),Shigang Village of Wangying Town of Yangxin County (Yangxin C.),Horticultural Farm of Tongcheng County (Tongcheng C.),and Caijiadu Fruit Farm of Danjiangkou City (Danjiangkou C.) was determined,respectively, in 2002 and quality of the fruits therefrom analyzed respectively in 2003.The results showed that all the eight orchards had the same features of suitable soil pH and deficiency of avail.N.However,the differences between the orchards in other avail.nutrients were significant.SOM was low in Zigui C.and Danjiangkou C.,medium on the lower side in Tongcheng C.and optimum in the others;soil avail.P was optimum in Xingshan C.,Changyang C.and Tongcheng C. and deficient in the others;soil avail.K was extremely deficient in Zigui C.,deficient in Danjiangkou C.and Tongcheng C.,optimum in Badong C.and high in the others,showing extremely uneven distribution of the element.Quality of the Newhall orange fruits produced therein also varied sharply,as was affected by the big differences in soil nutrient status. A multiple linear stepwise regression analysis revealed that wihtin a certain range,TSS content was significantly correlated with soil avail.P (negatively) and avail.K,TA content and PB with soil pH,avail.N and avail.K,but no correlation was found between the other fruit quality indexes and the main soil nutrients.