Abstract: In order to compare the characteristic of different sweet cherry varieties and formulate corresponding pruning scheme, hierarchical cluster analysis method was used to study 14 sweet cherry varieties which were mainly planted in Shanxi Province. The results showed that the 14 varieties of sweet cherry could be divided into two types,‘Hongmanao’and‘Ranier’ . Fruit setting rate, branching rate, medium fruit shoots proportion, spur proportion and grain yield per plant were significantly different between these two sweet cherry types. The key point of pruning management to improve the yield of the‘Rainier’type was to increase the fruit setting rate and spur proportion and properly control the long fruit shoots and medium fruit shoots proportion.