Dear Editor
The plant disease of which I've tried to warn people has now been found in local farmsteads and in the town of Maidstone. If these infestations are not severe and there is a drier summer in 2017 they might not cause as much damage.
A second specialist has been here, a plant specialist, taking photos, and more samples to be cultivated. That is not a fast procedure and the best place for it is in the province of Quebec.
When I learn what this is I’ll let people know, but I'm not yet sure how I’ll do that.
My last letter was edited. I used an old term indicating disbelief or disgust. It was edited, re-written to be something vulgar.
Why would anyone do that?
It certainly didn't “make my day.”
Christine Pike
P.S. good thing I didn't write “Gol darn it.”
Editor's note: The offending edit has been corrected in the online version of the letter
