Plum pits that were discarded during the 17th century.
These plum pits were discarded in the privy throughout the 17th century. The plum trees found on the Ferryland site and throughout the southern Avalon Peninsula today are descended from plums brought by the first settlers at Avalon.
Reproduced by permission of the Archaeology Unit, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.