The work aims to understand the storage tolerance of different varieties of apricot fruits during storage and screen out the the optimal varieties of apricot suitable for storage. With 14 apricot cultivars mainly planted in Xinjiang as test materials, 10 indexes of fruit hardness, soluble solids, titratable acid, Vc content, respiration intensity, relative conductivity, total phenols, flavonoids, chlorophyll and decay rate were determined during storage. At the end of storage, the L value, a value, b value, total phenol, flavonoid, hardness, SSC, Vc content, relative conductivity and decay rate of Xiaohong Apricot were significantly different from the initial values, and the L value, a value, b value, total phenols, flavonoid, hardness, SSC and TA of Hetian Mingxing Apricot all changed little compared with the initial values. The respiration peak of Xiaohong Apricot" was 15.07%-37.17% higher than that of other peaks, while the respiration peak of Hetian Mingxing Apricot was 22.62%-40.42% lower than that of other peaks. The chlorophyll of Kuqa Xiaobai Apricot decreased the slowest, and that of Yili Diaogan Apricot decreased the fastest. During storage, each index showed different degrees of correlation, and there was information overlap between each index. Four principal components were extracted by principal component analysis, and the variance contribution rate reached 78.936%, which could represent most of the information of the original index. According to the comprehensive indexes, the storage adaptability of Hetian Mingxing Apricot is better than that of other varieties, which can provide a theoretical basis for the cultivation of apricot fruit in Xinjiang.