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To be honest, it's easy and not easy.  If the accession is at Corvallis 
(which strawberries are) it's fairly easy.  

First see if its available and where
To search the Nat'l Germplasm Repository goto
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html
  <click on Accession Area Queries>
  In the text search field type 'Fairfax' (no quotes) and submit

The third result is:
3 NPGS Accession: PI 551479 - Fragaria x ananassa -- rank: 1000 
PI 551479 Fragaria x ananassa Rozier ROSACEAE Cultivar name: Fairfax. 
Maintained by the Natl. Germplasm Repository - Corvallis. NPGS ... vitro. 
Part of core subset. Accession names and identifiers Fairfax Type: Cultivar. 
Comment: named after Fairfax, Virginia = Black, Black Hornet, Cummerbund, 
Grandview Black Type ... 
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/acchtml.pl?1446451 - 2957 bytes - 

It's at Corvallis.
<Click Back twice on your browser Select Collections from the Menu>
<Click on Corvallis on the Map>
<Click on Repository Home Page>
<Click on Request Germplasm>
<Click on Germplasm Order Form>

Enter information from your earlier search and your personal information (so 
they can mail it to you) and click submit.

Good luck!!!!

-- 
Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N    75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation