Abstract: In order to enrich the market supply and increase the varieties of large cherry and be earlier in the market, six varieties, that is, SUM, BLACK, RED, AM, EBF, MZ, were cultivated in the greenhouses of Jixian and Xiqing District. In this paper, the germination and survival rates of seedlings and their relationship with the variety, stock and soil were investigated. The results show that on the saline-alkali soil, the planting survival rate was higher than that on the neutral soil. More differences of the survival rate oppeared in AM with vigorous stock（50%）, RED was the least（just 5%）, and there was no difference in SUM. On the saline-alkali soil, the planting survival rate of SUM and BEF were the highest（100%）, while AM, BLACK, MZ, RED with vigorous stock were all lower than 60%. The planting survival rate of dwarf stock was higher than that of vigorous stock. RED with dwarf stock（Gisela-5）was 35.7%~45% higher than that with vigorous stock（Mahaleb）. The influence of soil types on cherry’s germination was obvious, for the five of the eight treatments, the germination on the saline-alkali soil was higher than that on the neutral soil. The germinations among the varieties were different obviously, AM with vigorous stock was higher, while RED was lower.

Key words: stock, variety, dwarf stock, vigorous stock, germination, survival rate, saline-alkali soil