Two field experiments were carried out at El-Ghorieb Exp. Farm, Agriculture Fac., Assiut Univ., Egypt, during the summer of 2009 and 2010 seasons to investigate the effect of three nitrogen rates (15, 25 and 35 kg N/fed.) and three phosphorus rates (15.5, 23 and 31 kg P₂O₅/fed.) on the yield and its attributes for three peanut varieties (Giza 9 as spreading group), Giza 5 and Giza 6 as erect groups), grown in sandy calcareous soil. The results could be summarized as follow: