Janet Baraclough writes
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But I'd be inclined to take another route.Suggest to your wife that if
the pear tree died, it would turn a good memory into a sad one she
would always regret. The pear tree is a reminder of your time at that
place, a marker of your history left behind. Make her a framed photo of
her tree to take with her, and romantically promise that from now on,
every home you ever share together will have an identical pear tree
planted in its garden, leaving a pear tree trail across the country and
your lives etc.

What about leaving the original and taking a graft? ie get hold of a
rootstock (pear is usually grafted on to quince), and graft a bit of the
pear on to it (ask again if you decide on this route). Would be worth
getting agreement of new owner as first graft might not take, and it
would also give you time to get hold of a rootstock.

How well do cuttings of pears take?
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Kay