At the May meeting of the Mississippi Valley Grape-Growers' Association, it was determined to hold an exhibition of wines in this city (St. Louis) at the same time as the approaching meeting of the American Pomological Society.

The exhibition will be open to all the States comprising the Valley of the Mississippi, and it is the wish of the Association that this call shall be considered as an invitation to all the wine growers and manufacturers of this region to bring in their samples and contribute each his part toward making up a collection of wines which shall fairly exhibit this important industry in all its branches.

This gathering of the horticulturists of the whole country will afford grape growers and wine makers a rare opportunity of submitting the qualities of American wines to the test of intelligent tastes.

The wine producers of the Mississippi Valley invite a comparison of the wines grown between the Alleghanies and the Rocky Mountains with those produced in any other part of the world, and are satisfied to abide the verdict which may be rendered by the appreciative palates of connoisseurs.

For the purpose of comparing our wines with those of other sections of the United States or of Europe, contributions of wines from all quarters will be cordially received.

C. W. Spalding, Pres. M. V. Grape-Growers' Association.