Kim, it may depend on your humidity, how dry the seeds were when stored. Dry and cold, even frozen shouldn't harm the seeds of anything you would be planting in a vegetable garden. Widely fluctuating temperatures combined with moisture or high humidity can damage them.

Thanks! I'd probably be risking it planting them. Oh well, gives me an excuse to try something new!

Johnny Chapman may have been a nut but he provided apple trees for over 3 states for the local farmers for 5 cents per seedling. As for me I have never eaten any apple that was home grown that was not 10 times better tasting than any store bought apple. Red and Yellow delicious have a great taste if picked off your own trees, store bought just do not have that much flavor. I learned a while back that there are no such things as an expert, only educated guessers.