Magic Maine Tomatoes

We took our recent vacation on a sparkly lake in Maine tightly ringed by skyscraper pines. We stayed with wonderful hosts at a friend's "camp" in a delightful cabin. The storybook landscape was the perfect setting to find magic beans for Jack to grow his beanstalk.

To my suprise I did not find magic beans, but fairytale tomatoes. Larry and Carolyn F. grew perfect plants with not a spot of blight or a tinge of yellow on the leaves. The fruit formed perfect orbs with a red so true they appeared plastic. Here's the magic part...they grow in the shade (in Maine) beneath a large evergreen tree. Huh?

In CT my family and I try to follow all the tomato rules. Dry leaves, hot weather, ample spacing and most importantly FULL SUN! So much for the laws of gardening.