Recipe: Dried Cherries

Cherries From American Harvest booklet
Remove stem and pits, Cut in half, turn inside out and place skin side down on try. 6-36 hour. Should be leathery and sticky.
Tomatoes Choose a tomato with a high acid content to prevent darkening when it is dried. Wash and remove stems. dip in voiling water to loosen skins. Slice in 3/8 inch circles and dry. If they darken while drying lower temperature by 10 degress., Should be leathery after 6-24 hours.
Usual drying temp for fruits is 135 degrees
Usual drying temp for vegetables if 130 degrees
Dryness test
Cool vegetables before attempting the final test for dryness. They should feel quite hard and firm with no soft spots. A dried potato is quite hard and brittle for instance, but a tomato is more leathery. The best method for testing for dryness is by touch--take a piece and feel the texture, bend it, tear it or trattle it and it will be readily evident if it is dry enough for storage. Maybe some of these suggestions will help. i posted some more info down in the question about drying apricots.