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IN reply to Mr. Alfred W. Bennett's inquiry as to the soaking of seeds in milk before sowing, it may interest him to learn that in book iii. section v. of his “Deipnosophists,” Theophrastus is quoted by Athenæus as saying that “cucumbers contain a more agreeable and wholesome juice if the seed be steeped in milk or mead before it is sown,” and that “plants come up quicker if they are steeped in water or milk before they are put in the ground.”
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GLUBB, P. The Soaking of Seeds. Nature 51, 107 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051107e0
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