Pitch

Pitch, the black, brittle, glossy solid residuum after the distillation of wood-tar. We import from 4,000 to 5,000 tons annually, chiefly from Russia and France. That made in England and Russia is the product of the Northern Pine or Scotch Fir (Pinus sylvestris). Burgundy pitch is obtained from the spruce (q.v.) (Picea cxcclsa).