top-dressings

So I was driven back into something like Berkeleyanism; but Berkeleyanism with a few, top-dressings of my own.

Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

Deep digging and, where the subsoil is good, trenching may be recommended, but an average manuring will suffice, because Asparagus can be effectually aided by annual top-dressings, and proper surface culture is of great importance in the subsequent stages.

The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons

It enjoys, however, partial shade and liberal top-dressings of manure.

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

To be at its best, lettuce should be grown very rapidly, and the use of top-dressings of nitrate are particularly beneficial with this crop.

Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use 1930

In house-lot conditions, the apple-tree usually receives sufficient food if the land is well enriched for garden purposes; but trees in sod should have liberal top-dressings of fertilizer every year and of stable manure every other year.

The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 1906

The smaller application of any form of lime to correct soil acidity may be made on grass land that should not be plowed, but the full effectiveness of an application is not secured in top-dressings.

Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900

The sandy soil must be manured and irrigated, and is often refreshed by top-dressings of fresh earth from the hill sides.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

The conference over, he shows specimens of superphosphates, top-dressings, new seeds, roots, etc., and here and there succeeds in inducing the more adventurous than the rest to try an experiment.

The Roof of France Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

I should not object to their employment as top-dressings or in compost heaps to hasten the decay of vegetable matter.

An Agricultural Catechism; Or, The Chemistry of Farming Made Easy. A Textbook for the Common Schools in North Carolina. By a Teacher Benjamin Franklin 1867

Any one who has walked over the plain at West Point can understand the value of these regular autumnal top-dressings.

The Home Acre Edward Payson Roe 1863