Restore Notes only from iTunes backup?

I need to restore an iTunes backup to recover accidentally deleted Notes on my iPhone 4S. My last backup was nearly a year ago so I don't want to restore the entire backup (contacts, settings, etc.). Is there a way to restore the Notes portion only? Alternatively, is it possible to backup my iPhone now and save it as a separate backup file so that I can restore the older backup, email the Notes to myself, then restore to the new backup?

You can't restore just notes, but you could back your phone up to iCloud, then restore the iTunes backup and email the notes to yourself.  Then restore your phone to your iCloud backup to return it to its present state.  Then you can create new notes by copying and pasting the text from the emails you sent earlier.
Don't back up to iTunes or you will overwrite the backup you are trying to restore your notes from.

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