I kept hearing that Alpine Strawberries needed several weeks of freezing to germinate. I did an experiment on Sept 2 - I dried a fresh Alexandria strawberry (took about 1 week) and planted the seeds on Sept 2. Today is September 13 and about 15 have already come up.

I'm thinking that the freezing isn't really necessary. I had also planted seeds that I bought in April and I have at least 50 plants growing from those, and I did not freeze them either.

Just my observation.