The study investigated the effect of dryland apple special fertilizer on soil physicochemical properties and yield and quality of fruit in an apple orchard compared to ordinary fertilizer and manure.In 10year Fuji apple orchard,six treatments were set up as follows:ordinary fertilizer without plastic film mulching(CK),manure without plastic film mulching(T1),apple special fertilizer without plastic film mulching(T2),ordinary fertilizer with plastic film mulching(FCK),manure with plastic film mulching(FT1),apple special fertilizer with plastic film mulching(FT2).The result suggested that under condition without film mulching,compared with CK,treatments T1 and T2 decreased soil bulk density and enhanced soil waterholding capacity,but not significant.Treatments T1 and T2 all increased soil organic matter content significantly,which increased by 36.77% and 33.73% at 0~20 cm soil layers respectively.Treatment T2 held the greatest improvement effect in soil available nutrients.The content of available nitrogen,available phosphorus and available potassium at 0~60 cm soil layers under treatment T2 exhibited an increase by 7.34%,9.05%,5.90% compared with CK,respectively.The annual apple production of treatments was in the order of T2>CK≥T1,and treatment T2 held the optimal fruit hardness(7.19 kg·cm-2)and sugaracid ratio(33.23).Under condition with film mulching,treatments FCK,FT1,FT2 all decreased soil bulk density,enhanced soil waterholding capacity,content of organic matter and available nutrients and fruit yield and quality compared with no film mulching treatments,and treatment FT2 had the best overall effects.The finding in this study highlighted that the apple special fertilizer enhanced fruit yield and quality,improved soil fertility,was simple and efficient fertilization technology in apple orchards.