Cox's orange Pippin apple fruit samples obtained over five years from trials in five commercial orchards on different soil types where management systems were changed from herbicide strips in grassed alleys to overall herbicide were analysed for N, P, K, Mg, Ca and, in the early years, Na. At four of the sites an additional amount of N fertiliser was applied to half of the trees. When the treatments became established they usually lowered P concentrations and these effects of overall herbicide management and additional N were additive. The years in which the maximum effects occurred and the magnitude of the effects varied with site. Calcium concentrations were lowered at only two sites in some years mainly because overall herbicide management increased mean fruit mass. Treatment effects on other constituents varied but, at one site, overall herbicide and extra N fertiliser consistently increased N concentrations.