[Objective] The present paper aimed to explore the genetic trend of apricot of aromatic substances. [Method ]We extracted and separated aromatic substances in new strains'Zl0-1-78' and'Zl0-1-60' apricot fruits, and their parents'Chuanzhihong' and' Fengyuanhong' apricot fruits at commercial stages and ripe stages, by headspace solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Then we compared the spectra with NISTll database. The relative content of aromatic substances was determined by area normalization method. [Result] The result showed that 72 aromatic components were detected in the fruits of four apricot varieties (lines), including 20 kinds of alcohols, 18 kinds of esters, 14 kinds of ketones, 5 kinds of acids, 4 kinds of alkanes, enes and aldehydes, 1 kind of benzene, phenols and naphthalene. The number of aromatic substances components was the most in'Zl0-1-78', which contained 37 kinds. The contents of all aromatic components was changed with the fruit maturity, alcohols content was the highest in the male parent' Fengyuanhong' and its offspring'Zl0-1-78','Zl0-1-60' fruit at commercial stages and ripe stages. Ester content was the highest in the female parent' Chuanzhihong' at commercial stages. The most aromatic substances in the offspring'Zl0-1-78' and'Zl0-1-60' fruits inherited from their male parent' Fengyuanhong', 75. 6 % of the aromatic components in the'Zl0-1-78' fruits were consistent with that in the male parent'Fengyuanhong', and 47. 44 % of the aromatic components in the'Zl0-1-60' fruits were consistent with that in the male parent. The characteristics aroma of linalool content was the most in'Zl0-1-78' and'Zl0-1-60' and their male parent' Fengyuanhong', the values was 13 293. 33- 28 986. 67, and acetic ester in' Chuanzhihong' was the most, its value was 6230. 00. Rose scent characteristics of the offspring of the most important fruit fragrance ingredients linalyl alcohol and geraniol inherited from the parent. [Conclusion] The most important aromatic components in offspring was linalyl alcohol and geraniol, inherited from their male parent, and the content of offspring was much more than that of its male patent. Moreover, we evaluated fruit quality and provided the theory for further application demonstration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]