Formerly RML 5432-VP

Sol Dorado is a new Western Shipper cantaloupe with excellent potential for commercial fresh markets. In the Imperial Valley, Yuma, and Central Arizona, this early-maturing variety has delivered concentrated fruit sets of highly uniform fruit with small, tight cavities and thick, dark orange flesh high in sugars.

Commercial and company trials indicate that Sol Dorado prefers the cool-to-warm and warm-to-cool conditions typical of the Desert Southwest during early-season spring and fall plantings.