Is it "improved" enough to warrant a purchase?

I cannot give a a definitive reply based on my limited experience with it. I have yearling tree that produced 4 or 5 figs this season. One of them seem to grow to its full potential. It was larger than my regular Celeste and the taste was as good. I've heard from another member who has a bearing one that if you like Celeste you want one of these because it makes a bigger fig and it out produces Celeste. I hope this helped a little.
"gene"

Gene's right about it being slightly bigger. Its also more split resistant (from my experience here). Another thing, which is just my observation and not anything official, is that Improved will usually have much more "honey" in the eye than your normal Celeste.

I don't really like how Celeste taste in general, though...

Tyler