The New York Times, December 1, 1993:

Citations were being issued by the Village of East Hampton [New York] for what amounted to the unauthorized exhibition of large orange gourds on the grounds of the gourmet food shop that [Jerry] Della Famina, the flamboyant Manhattan advertising man, operates year-round in the village. And when Mr. Della Famina stuck to his pumpkins, ignoring the summonses, village officials felt they had to take drastic action: They issued a warrant for his arrest...

"I never knew you could go to jail for flowers and pumpkins," Mr. Della Famina said.

Larry Cantwell, the village administrator, responded, "The village takes its code seriously and feels it has no alternative but to enforce it."

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