###### Abstract  
Organic cultivation management has generated a great deal of interest during the last decades. As there are numerous conflicting results in the literature on the superiority of organic cultivation over an integrated one, a trial occurred using two apricot cultivars, i.e., 'Bebecou' and 'Diamantopoulou', under integrated and organic cultivation (three orchards per cultivation system and cultivar). The trial occurred during a single cultivation period under different soil but the same climatic conditions. Fruit physiological (weight, diameters, skin color), organoleptic (pH, titratable acidity, and total soluble solids), and phytochemical (phenolic compounds, carbohydrates, organic acids, antioxidant activity, and carotenoids) attributes were assessed, along with plant nutrition, soil fertility status, and a sensory evaluation panel. The two cultivation practices exhibited similar effects in many of the parameters studied in this trial as well as small differences. Fruit weight was higher under organic management in 'Bebecou' and under integrated in 'Diamantopoulou', while copper was found at a higher concentration in the leaves of organically managed trees of both cultivars. The cultivar was found to have the greatest effects on the measured variables, while within each cultivation management, the farm also had a great impact, indicating that the outcome of specific cultivation practice is influenced by so many factors that it is almost impossible to come to a general conclusion about which practice is the best. Therefore, more research is needed, focused not only on the differences between organic and integrated cultivation management but primarily on the influence of specific cultivation practices within the same management system, to be able to elucidate, to some extent, the effects of individual factors on the measured variables. antivadant activity; carbohydrates; carotenoids; mineral nutrients; phenolic compounds; taste panel 2023132596. 2023132596. Among fruits with significant phytochemical content are apricots, with their consumption helping to overcome or mitigate problems, such as vitamin A and trace minerals deficiencies, stress, and anemia, while at the same time, they are considered body defense boosters, maintaining the acid-base balance in the body, and act as a tonic agent for the nervous system [4]. All these properties are attributed to the phytochemicals found in the pulp as well as in the seed. The content of phytochemicals in fruit is influenced by several factors, with the most significant being the genotype, environmental factors, and cultivation practices [2; 5; 6]. Three agricultural production systems dominate worldwide: the conventional, the integrated, and the organic management systems [7; 8]. The conventional production system is based on the intensive use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and, lately, on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and generally on a narrow base of genetic resources aiming at maximum production at all costs. On the other hand, organic agriculture (OA) does not use synthetic pesticides and synthetic inorganic fertilizers as well as GMOs, but instead, it focuses on the sustainability of the entire system, environment (air, water, soil), farm, crop, biodiversity, and farmers' and consumers' health. It relies on renewable resources, natural inputs, greater labor, and generally, practices that restore, maintain, or enhance environmental balance [7; 9]. On the other hand, the integrated system (IS) is placed between the two pre-mentioned ones and is characterized by the judicious use of agrochemical inputs along with organic ones, the protection of the environment, and the user (either the farmer or the consumer). It has become the standard management system in Europe since the European Union (EU) Directive 2009/128 [10]. These last two focus on the sustainability of the system, which aims at \"meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs\".