Can I choose which backup file to restore?

Just lost my data off my 3GS, which would hang during the backup, sync, upgrade process every time I tried to go from OS 3 to 4 in the past 6 mos or so.
Went to Apple store, decided to just trash everything, restart on OS 4 and just use most recent successful backup to restore.  Ended up upgrading to an iPhone 4 instead...
Came home and looked up my .mdbackup files and there are three of the them.  May, October and November of 2010.  I plugged in my new phone, hoping to access the most recent backup and it shows only the May one.
Is there any way to access and restore to what appears to be the most recent November backup file?
Thanks.

Thanks Barney - is it really that simple? I didn't think to do that. Will try that this evening. Appreciated.

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