Best Apples for zone 9B

I have researched and this is a list of apples that I intended to add to my yard. Some one from Riverside has grown them successfully, Riverside has more chill and heat then my area. I caught the grafting bug and now I want to graft them to my 3 healthy apple fruit trees. However, I wouldn’t mine reducing this list.
I have Fuji, Honeycrisp, gala, pink lady, Dorsett Golden, Beverly Hills, Anna, Ein Shemer, Cox’s orange pippin.
Any thoughts on these varieties.

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After checking for chill hours, I ended up ordering King David, Arkansas Black, White Banana, Gold Rush, and William’s Pride scions. Wish me luck. I have 3 very healthy apple trees that I can graft these scions to.

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william’s favorite

is a decent apple in the same time frame as

williams pride

(It may not be scab resistant though…but I’ve not yet observed that affliction on it.)

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I grew yellow newton pippin in San Jose 9b liked it a lot

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It does well up here in West Marin (10a) as well. I pick it in December. Come January, the robins swoop in and strip anything that’s left. They have good taste (both apples and birds, though in different ways).

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Ye should’na be eating the robins! Chickens now…