Understanding soil fertility status is important for the scientific and reasonable fertilizer application of sweet cherry.An investigation was conducted on the spatial distribution ofthe soil fertility insweet cherry orchards in Guanzhong area of Shaanxi province,China.73 typical sweet cherry orchards were investigated,and soil pH,the content of organic matter,total nitrogen(N),available phosphorus(OlsenP)and available potassium(K)were measured.The data indicated that soils of most of(79.5%)the orchards are alkaline or strongly alkaline.These soils distribute in the western,eastern and northern area of Guanzhong plain.87.6% of the orchards are short of organic matter in Guanzhong area which includes Chencang district of Baoji city,Xianyang city and most areas of Xian city and Weinan city.Soils of the cherry orchards in the eastern part of Guanzhong area have abundant of total N,butsoils of the orchards in the western part of Guanzhong area are deficient in soil total N.The content of soil OlsenP and available K in most of the cherry orchards in Guanzhong area are moderate or abundant.Only about 9.6% of the cherry orchards have low content of OlsenP.We suggest that more organic fertilizers should be input in the cherry orchards in Guanzhong plain,and measures to decrease soil pH should be taken in this area;in the eastern part of Guanzhong plain,more nitrogen fertilizers should be applied,and more phosphorus fertilizers should be applied in the orchards in Chencang district of Baoji city and Xixiang county of Hanzhong city.